Sapotaceae
Buckthorn bully
Sideroxylon lycioides
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Sideroxylon
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- ليسيويدات سيدروكسيلون
- English
- Buckthorn bully
Synonyms
- Bumelia ambigua Ten.
- Bumelia lucida Small
- Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers.
- Bumelia lycioides var. ellipsoidalis R.B.Clark
- Bumelia lycioides var. virginiana Fernald
- Bumelia pubescens Ten.
- Bumelia smallii R.B.Clark
- Decateles latifolia Raf.
- Decateles lycioides Raf.
- Lyciodes spinosa Kuntze
- Robertia decandra (L.) Scop.
- Sideroxylon decandrum L.
- Sideroxylon decumbens J.F.Gmel.
- Sideroxylon laeve Walter
- Sideroxylon lyciifolium Salisb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.