Sapotaceae
Milk-berry
Sideroxylon americanum
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Sideroxylon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Milk-berry
Synonyms
- Achras retusa (Sw.) Poir.
- Bumelia americana (Mill.) Stearn
- Bumelia americana subsp. neglecta (Cronquist) Stearn
- Bumelia bahamensis Britton
- Bumelia excisa Urb.
- Bumelia loranthifolia (Pierre) Britton
- Bumelia navassana Urb. & Ekman
- Bumelia neglecta (Cronquist) Lundell
- Bumelia oblongata Urb.
- Bumelia retusa Sw.
- Bumelia retusa subsp. neglecta Cronquist
- Bumelia retusa subsp. typica Cronquist
- Bumelia retusa var. loranthifolia Pierre
- Bumelia roigii Britton & Small
- Lyciodes retusa Kuntze
- Maurocenia americana Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Navassa Island: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.