Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Sideroxylon lanuginosum[4] is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae.[5] It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States[6] as well as Northeastern Mexico.[2] Common names include gum bully,[6] black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittamwood, false buckthorn, gum bumelia, gum elastic, gum woolybucket, woolybucket bumelia, wooly buckthorn, wooly bumelia, ironwood and coma.The fruit of Bumelia lanuginosa is edible but can cause stomach aches or dizziness if eaten in large quantities.[7] The Kiowa and Comanche tribes both consumed them when ripened.
Conservation statusNatureServeScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsAsteridsEricalesSapotaceaeSideroxylonBinomial nameMichx.Sun BeltMidwestUnited StatesMexicoComancheA.GrayGermplasm Resources Information NetworkAgricultural Research ServiceUnited States Department of AgricultureIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemPeattie, Donald CulrossBonanza BooksWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistMoBotPFOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos