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Sapotaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Sideroxylon occidentale

Sideroxylon occidentale

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Plants can flower all year round[1]. The fragrant whitish flowers are attractive to bees[1]. Some plants in this species have bisexual flowers, but other plants are dioecious (having flowers of one sex only)[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sideroxylon+occidentale>

Pollinators

Bees, Insects

References

  1. [1]Sapotaceae — Pennington T.D. · The New York Botanical Garden; New York · 1990 · ISBN 0-89327-344-9 ↩︎
  2. [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.