FNPS Plant Database

Sideroxylon salicifolium

willow-bustic, white bully

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

willow-bustic, white bully

Synonym(s):

Dipholis salicifolia, Bumelia salicifolia

Genus species:

Sideroxylon salicifolium

Family:

Sapotaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

20-30 (50) ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Evergreen. Blooms in spring. Life span around 100 yrs. (Nelson 2003).

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Its small to medium size make it appropriate for small landscapes as a specimen tree.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

De-pulped seed.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Lime Rock

Soil pH:

Neutral to calcareous

Suitable to Grow In:

10A,10B,11

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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Nectar plant for Florida duskywing ( Ephyriades brunneus ), red-banded hairstreak ( Calycopis cecrops ) and other butterflies.





Larval food for various caterpillars.





Attracts bees and flies

Fruits eaten by birds and other wildlife.

Native Habitats:

Pine rockland, hammocks.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/82393/file/CIRCULAR_Buckthorns_SIderoxylon.pdf



Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2010.  Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses).



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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