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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Sideroxylon salicifolium (L.) Lam.
Bustic, Cassada-wood, Wild cassada, Willow bustic

Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Sapotaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Bumelia salicifolia, Dipholis salicifolia.

Other data on Sideroxylon salicifolium available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Sideroxylon salicifolium has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Eric Fleites
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley