Sideroxylon portoricense Urb.

Puerto rico bully (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Sideroxylon

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite tree. It grows 20m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or wet, mixed forests at elevations of 500-1,300 metres. (Subsp. Minutiflora). Rainforests, in a variety of sites, from sea level to higher elevations.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gum material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sideroxylon portoricense world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Puerto Rico

Conservation status

Sideroxylon portoricense threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285016-2
WFO ID wfo-0000310932
COL ID 4X9JR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mastichodendron portoricense Sideroxylon portoricense

Lower taxons

Sideroxylon portoricense subsp. minutiflorum Sideroxylon portoricense subsp. portoricense