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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sideroxylon thornei
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon thornei
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Bumelia thornei
COMMON NAME:
Thorne's Bumelia, Swamp Bumelia
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Ron Lance rwl2166_a
April
Upper surfaces of mature leaves faintly, coarsely reticulate-veined (at 20x), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sideroxylon thornei
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sideroxylon thornei
FAMILY
Sapotaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Bumelia thornei
2166
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Habitat: Bottomlands and limesink depressions, particularly over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
May be armed with nodal spines
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen/Deciduous
Simple
Alternate or clustered on spur shoots
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens & 5 staminodia, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe-like berry
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