Sapotaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Sideroxylon celastrinum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sideroxylon celastrinum is a shrub or a small tree with a dense crown; it can grow up to 12 metres tall and is often multi-trunked with boles up to 30cm in diameter[ 1983 Title Sapotaceae Publication Flora Neotropica Monograph 52 Author Pennington T.D. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden; New York Year 1990 ISBN 0-89327-344-9 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fuel. Sideroxylon celastrinum has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(20120)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Costa Rica, north to Mexico and southern Texas; Caribbean - Cuba, Bahamas to Florida and Alabama

HabitatArid thorn forest and tropical deciduous forest, or often coastal, where it is found in salt marshes or mangroves and sometimes on periodically flooded land; at elevations from sea level to 900 metres[ 1983 Title Sapotaceae Publication Flora Neotropica Monograph 52 Author Pennington T.D. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden; New York Year 1990 ISBN 0-89327-344-9 Description ].