Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Sapotaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Shrub or small tree to 10 m; lvs elliptic to elliptic- oblanceolate, 4–13 × 1–4.5 cm, reticulate-veiny, silvery-strigulose beneath when young, soon glabrate; fls 10–60 in a cluster, the pedicels 4–10 mm, glabrous or nearly so; cor 3–4 mm, the tube shorter than or equaling the lobes; fr ellipsoid to obovoid or subglobose, 7–13 mm; seeds 6–9 mm. Low woods, thickets, and river-banks; Fla. to e. Tex., n. to s. Va., s. Ind., and s. Mo. June–July.
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Common Names
smooth southern buckthorn