Sideroxylon salicifolium(L.) Lam.

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WFO wfo-0000310975 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Laurie Brooks
fig. a Laurie Brooks, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 194309234
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter
fig. b Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180100582
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter
fig. c Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180096535
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter
fig. d Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197482820
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Robert Webster
fig. e Robert Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122285866
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. f Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93231640
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Adam Pitcher
fig. g Adam Pitcher, CC0 1.0 / obs. 71346420
Sideroxylon salicifolium, photographed by Stephanie C
fig. h Stephanie C, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195730475

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Sideroxylon salicifolium is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaPuerto Rico BahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Turks-Caicos Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Sideroxylon salicifolium, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Cayman Is. CAY
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Achras pentagona (Sw.) Poir.
  • Achras salicifolia L.
  • Bumelia lenticellata (Lundell) Lundell
  • Bumelia pentagona Sw.
  • Bumelia salicifolia (L.) Sw.
  • Bumelia undulata Raf.
  • Dipholis lenticellata Lundell
  • Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A.DC.
  • Dipholis salicifolia var. jamaicensis Pierre
  • Sideroxylon nigrum C.F.Gaertn.
  • Sideroxylon pauciflorum Lam.
  • Sideroxylon pentagonum (Sw.) A.DC.
  • Spondogona nitida Raf.
  • Spondogona salicifolia (L.) House

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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