Sapotaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Sideroxylon jubilla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sideroxylon jubilla is an evergreen tree; it can grow up to 20 metres tall[ 599 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Vol. 26 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University. Year 1945 ISBN Description Amongst the many articles is one giving a treatment of the Lauraceae. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. A valuable timber tree with a range restricted to eastern Cuba. Population numbers continue to decline because of overexploitation. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCaribbean - eastern Cuba.

HabitatFairly widespread in humid mountainous areas, where it grows in submontane and montane rainforest and seasonal evergreen forest[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].