Sapotaceae
Tough bully
Sideroxylon tenax
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Genus
- Sideroxylon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Tough bully
Synonyms
- Bumelia chrysophylloides P.Watson
- Bumelia chrysophylloides (Michx.) Pursh
- Bumelia lacuum Small
- Bumelia tenax (L.) Willd.
- Chrysophyllum carolinense Jacq.
- Chrysophyllum glabrum Juss. ex Lam.
- Lyciodes tenax (L.) Kuntze
- Sclerocladus tenax (L.) Raf.
- Sclerozus tenax (L.) Raf.
- Sideroxylon carolinense Sarg.
- Sideroxylon chrysophylloides Michx.
- Sideroxylon sericeum Walter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Karen Guin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 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.