Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn. subsp. obtusifolium
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Authority
Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Sapotaceae
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Scientific Name
Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn. subsp. obtusifolium
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Synonyms
Bumelia obtusifolia Roem. & Schult., Sideroxylon pacurero Loefl., Bumelia rotundifolia Sw., Bumelia sartorum Mart., Bumelia rhamnoides Casar., Bumelia excelsa A.DC., Bumelia obtusifolia var. excelsa (DC.) Miq., Bumelia sartorum var. latifolia Miq., Bumelia sartarum Allemão, Bumelia fragrans Ridl., Lyciodes obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze, Lyciodes sartorum Kuntze, Bumelia obtusifolia subsp. excelsa (DC.) Cronquist, Bumelia obtusifolia subsp. typica Cronquist, Apterygia sartorum (Mart.) Baehni, Bumelia obtusifolia var. reflexa Mattos
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Description
Subspecies Description - Shrub or tree; leaves at first spirally arranged or opposite, becoming fascicled on older shoots, oblanceolate, usually 2-3.5 times as long as broad; petiole scarcely or not exceeding the pedicels. Flowers in lax few-flowered clusters; corolla usually 4-4.5 mm long. Field characters. The sea shore and thorn forest plant is a shrub or contorted tree usually less than 10 m, but in forest with more abundant water it reaches 20 m high and 1 m diam. The trunk of larger specimens is usually fluted, at least at the base, and the bark is greyish or blackish-brown, finely fissured and sometimes grid-cracked, the cut surface exuding sparse white latex. The dense crown is sometimes spiny and usually divaricately branched. The flowers are yellowish-green or cream and fragrant and the fruit ripens reddish to black.
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Discussion
The sweet fruit is edible and the foliage occasionally used as forage (Venezuela). In Argentina it provides an excellent timber for furniture and general uses (T. Meyer, 1947: 98).
Phenology: Flowering is strongly seasonal, in northern Venezuela and Ecuador from Nov to Apr, and in Brazil south of 10 degrees latitude, Argentina and Paraguay from Jul to Nov. Elsewhere in coastal Brazil between 3 and 10 degree latitude, flowering is from May to Aug. Ripe fruits are recorded from Nov, Dec and Mar in N Venezuela and in Jan and Feb in S Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. According to Andrade et al. (1981: 223) the fruits take 6-7 months to mature, and seeds retain their viability 8 months after collection.
Distribution and Ecology: N Venezuela, central Ecuador and N Peru, NE and E coastal Brazil from Ceara to Santa Catarina, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. A plant of rocky and sandy coasts, and inland thorn forest, caatinga and deciduous tropical forest, ascending to 900 m in NW Argentina. Abundant in semi-deciduous tall forest above the flood level in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Prance et al 26192).
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Common Names
cacho de venado, caimito, chirimolle, coca, guaranina, Guayavi, ibiranhira, lanza Colorada, llorco molle, massaranduba da praia, miri, molle negro, orko molle, picurero, quixabeira, rompe gibao, sacutiaba, sapotiaba, tacurero
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Objects
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Distribution
Venezuela South America| Anzoátegui Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Falcón Venezuela South America| Nueva Esparta Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Ecuador South America| Guayas Ecuador South America| Manabí Ecuador South America| Peru South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Ceará Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America| Fernando de Noronha Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Paraíba Brazil South America| Pernambuco Brazil South America| Rio Grande do Sul Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| Santa Catarina Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Bolivia South America| El Beni Bolivia South America| Tarija Bolivia South America| Paraguay South America| Argentina South America| Chaco Argentina South America| Corrientes Argentina South America| Formosa Argentina South America| Jujuy Argentina South America| Salta Argentina South America| Tucuman Argentina South America|