Sideroxylon portoricense Urb. subsp. portoricense

  • Authority

    Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sideroxylon portoricense Urb. subsp. portoricense

  • Type

    synonym* of Sideroxylon portoricense Urb.

  • Synonyms

    Bumelia nigra Sw., Achras nigra Poir., Sideroxylon obovatum Lam., Sideroxylon acouma A.DC., Dipholis nigra Griseb., Dipholis nigra var. brachyphylla Urb., Dipholis bellonis Urb., Mastichodendron portoricense (Urb.) Alain

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Petiole (1-) 1.5-3 cm long, lower leaf surface glabrous. A tree to 30 m high and 70 cm diam. with greyish slightly fissured bark. The pink slash exudes thin milky latex. Sterile trees can be recognised by their leaves that turn red before falling. The flowers are greenish-white or cream, fragrant and the fruit ripens dark reddish-purple (Adams, 1972: 573 states that the fruit may also be yellow). Flowering throughout the range is mostly Jul to Sep, with the fruit maturing Feb to Jun.

  • Common Names

    Black bullet , Black bully, red bullet, red bully, ticksy, white bully

  • Objects

    Specimen - 1443510, E. L. Ekman 6386, Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Cuba

    Specimen - 1029233, E. L. Little Jr. 21756, Sideroxylon portoricense Urb., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico

    Specimen - 99957, P. E. E. Sintenis 6365, Sideroxylon portoricense Urb., Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta, isolectotype; West Indies, Puerto Rico, Utuado

  • Distribution

    Cuba (Oriente), Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico. A plant of moist forest over limestone from sea level to 900 metres.

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