Sideroxylon

The genus is distributed mainly in North and South America as well as in Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, and various oceanic islands. Some species, such as gum bully (S. lanuginosum), S. tenax, and buckthorn bully (S. lycioides), are found in subtropical areas of North America. The only South African species, the white milkwood (S. inerme), is associated with three historical sites, and these individuals were declared national monuments due to their unusual longevity. ==Ecology==

Several species have become rare due to logging and other forms of habitat destruction. The tambalacoque (S. grandiflorum) of Mauritius was affected by the extinction of the birds which dispersed its seed; it was suggested that the species entirely depended on the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) for that purpose and nearly became a victim of coextinction, but this is not correct. Bully trees provide food for the larvae of certain Lepidoptera, such as the bumelia webworm moth (Urodus parvula) as well as several species of Coleoptera of the genus Plinthocoelium, commonly known as bumelia borers. ==Species==

83 species are currently accepted. northeastern Mexico • Sideroxylon leucophyllum - Mexico (Baja California, Sonora) • Sideroxylon lycioides – buckthorn bully - Southeastern United States (Texas to Delaware) • Sideroxylon macrocarpum - United States (Georgia) • Sideroxylon majus - Réunion • Sideroxylon marginatum - Cape Verde • Sideroxylon mascatense - Ethiopia to Pakistan • Sideroxylon mirmulano - Madeira • Sideroxylon moaense - Cuba • Sideroxylon montanum - Jamaica • Sideroxylon nadeaudii - Tahiti • Sideroxylon nervosum - Myanmar • Sideroxylon obovatum - West Indies, Venezuela • Sideroxylon obtusifolium - Mexico (Veracruz) to Paraguay • Sideroxylon occidentale - Mexico (Baja California, Sonora) • Sideroxylon octosepalum - Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) • Sideroxylon palmeri - Mexico • Sideroxylon peninsulare - Mexico (Baja California) • Sideroxylon persimile - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) • Sideroxylon picardae - Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic) • Sideroxylon polynesicum - United States (Hawaii), French Polynesia (Rapa-Iti) • Sideroxylon portoricense - Mesoamerica, Greater Antilles • Sideroxylon puberulum - Mauritius • Sideroxylon reclinatum - United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina) • Sideroxylon repens - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) • Sideroxylon retinerve - Honduras • Sideroxylon rotundifolium - Jamaica • Sideroxylon rubiginosum - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) • Sideroxylon salicifolium - West Indies, Mesoamerica, Florida • Sideroxylon saxorum - Madagascar • Sideroxylon sessiliflorum - Mauritius • Sideroxylon socorrense - Mexico (Socorro Island) • Sideroxylon spinosum - Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara • Sideroxylon st-johnianum - Pitcairn Islands (Henderson Island) • Sideroxylon stenospermum - Mesoamerica • Sideroxylon stevensonii - Mexico (Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala • Sideroxylon tambolokoko - Madagascar • Sideroxylon tenax - United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) • Sideroxylon tepicense - Mesoamerica • Sideroxylon thornei - United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama) • Sideroxylon verruculosum - Mexico • Sideroxylon wightianum - China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong), Vietnam Formerly placed here • Micropholis acutangula (as S. acutangulum ) • Micropholis crassipedicellata (as S. crassipedicellatum ) • Micropholis guyanensis (as S. guyanense ) • Micropholis rugosa (as S. rugosum ) • Olinia ventosa (as S. cymosum ) • Planchonella australis (as S. australe ) • Planchonella costata (as S. costatum ) • Planchonella eerwah (as S. eerwah ) • Planchonella macrantha (as S. macranthum ) • Pouteria elegans (as S. elegans ) • Pouteria reticulata (as S. uniloculare ) • Pouteria sapota (as S. sapota ) • Synsepalum dulcificum (as S. dulcificum ) == References ==