Sapotaceae
Breakbill
Sideroxylon obovatum
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Sideroxylon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Breakbill
Synonyms
- Achras cuneifolia Poir.
- Bumelia buchii Urb.
- Bumelia cuneata Sw.
- Bumelia heterophylla Urb.
- Bumelia krugii Pierre
- Bumelia lineolata Urb. & Ekman
- Bumelia myrsinifolia A.DC.
- Bumelia obovata (Lam.) A.DC.
- Bumelia obovata var. krugii (Pierre ex Urb) Cronquist
- Bumelia obovata var. portoricensis Pierre
- Bumelia obovata var. thomensis Pierre
- Bumelia obovata var. typica Cronquist
- Bumelia parvifolia A.DC.
- Bumelia subintegra Urb. & Ekman
- Lyciodes myrsinifolium (A.DC.) Kuntze
- Lyciodes obovata Kuntze
- Lyciodes parvifolia Kuntze
- Sideroxylon cuneatum (Sw.) A.DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, 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.