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Sideroxylon persimile

(Hemsl.) T.D.Penn. (1990)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Sideroxylon

bully tree, bumelia

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Description

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Lana'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Birds
Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 102 (1990)

Other References

Starr et al. 2002:24 (NEWNAT/O, EM, DESCR); Staples et al. 2003:18 (O, DESCR); Staples & Herbst 2005:518 (KEY), 522 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Makawao District, Baldwin Ave, by Hawaii Job Corps., Maunaolu Campus Associated vegetation: Leucaena leucocephala, Grevillea robusta, Citrus sp, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum atropurpureum. Preserved_Specimen Trees, adults 9-10m tall, armed with thorns 1-2cm, stems with red fur, sticky white sap. Lvs dark grn, young tips light grn, ovate shaped; sticky white sap, margins entire; fruits green turning black, round, ~1cm. Starr, F. 4271 Maui BISH 2000-04-27
2 Sideroxylon persimile N mauka of Lanai City. in forest reserve Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21990 Lanai BISH 1952-03-02
3 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley Small 10 ft tall tree roadside in alien mesic forest. Preserved_Specimen Stems spiny; trunk yielding a thick white latex. Imada, C. 200146 Oahu BISH 2001-05-19
4 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
5 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Makiki (Makiki & Kinau Sts.) street Preserved_Specimen Round topped tree 20 m tall, trunk vertically fluted, 1 m thick, bark rough Fosberg, F.R. 27116 Oahu BISH 1946-10-19
6 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Ulupalakua, near store Coming up in fence post hole. Associated vegetation: Pennisetum clandestinum. Preserved_Specimen Erect tree, stems w. red fir; lvs born on thorns. Small seedlings. Starr, F. 107265 Maui BISH 2001-07-26
7 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town Gulch in pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Tree, not many seen, most likely cultivated. Starr, F. 9802201 Maui BISH 1998-02-20
8 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
9 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
10 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, planted as an ornamental along Baldwin avenue and on the Maunaolu campus Preserved_Specimen Evergreen trees 8-11m tall, bearing a few stiff 8-10mm spines in leaf axils. Flowers sympetalous, petals with lateral appendages, flowers somewhat fragrant Hobdy, R.W. 2729 Maui BISH 1987-02-16
11 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
12 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
13 Sideroxylon persimile Koloa, NTBG, Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, E of Lawai Stream Preserved_Specimen 2 m tree, sparsely branching;; flower green sepals nd pale green petiole Lorence, D.H. 9482 Kauai BISH 2005-12-07
14 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
15 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
16 Sideroxylon persimile Waimanalo, private horse farm Preserved_Specimen Woody shrub with long spines; lvs glossy green. Matayoshi, N. Oahu BISH 1990-01-10
17 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Capitol grounds, by burial mound Preserved_Specimen No. fls. or fr. Small throny tree, 10+ ft. high Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1939-09-16
18 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha after Heiau gate on road Preserved_Specimen Wong, K. 34 Oahu BISH 2006-03-08
19 Sideroxylon persimile Maunaolu College, near Preserved_Specimen Cultivated tree ca. 25 ft. tall, 10 in. dbh, with somewhat rough gray-brown bark and slender, pendent branches. Foliage coriaceous, glossy, dark green. Flower greenish white. Sap milky. Herbst, D.R. 820 Maui BISH 1967-12-24
20 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/10/2002
21 Sideroxylon persimile - HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/27/2001
22 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Oahu HAPI 7/27/2001
23 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Makawao District, Baldwin Ave, by Hawaii Job Corps., Maunaolu Campus Associated vegetation: Leucaena leucocephala, Grevillea robusta, Citrus sp, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum atropurpureum. Preserved_Specimen Trees, adults 9-10m tall, armed with thorns 1-2cm, stems with red fur, sticky white sap. Lvs dark grn, young tips light grn, ovate shaped; sticky white sap, margins entire; fruits green turning black, round, ~1cm. Starr, F. 4271 Maui BISH 2000-04-27
24 Sideroxylon persimile N mauka of Lanai City. in forest reserve Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21990 Lanai BISH 1952-03-02
25 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley Small 10 ft tall tree roadside in alien mesic forest. Preserved_Specimen Stems spiny; trunk yielding a thick white latex. Imada, C. 200146 Oahu BISH 2001-05-19
26 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
27 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Makiki (Makiki & Kinau Sts.) street Preserved_Specimen Round topped tree 20 m tall, trunk vertically fluted, 1 m thick, bark rough Fosberg, F.R. 27116 Oahu BISH 1946-10-19
28 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Ulupalakua, near store Coming up in fence post hole. Associated vegetation: Pennisetum clandestinum. Preserved_Specimen Erect tree, stems w. red fir; lvs born on thorns. Small seedlings. Starr, F. 107265 Maui BISH 2001-07-26
29 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town Gulch in pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Tree, not many seen, most likely cultivated. Starr, F. 9802201 Maui BISH 1998-02-20
30 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
31 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
32 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, planted as an ornamental along Baldwin avenue and on the Maunaolu campus Preserved_Specimen Evergreen trees 8-11m tall, bearing a few stiff 8-10mm spines in leaf axils. Flowers sympetalous, petals with lateral appendages, flowers somewhat fragrant Hobdy, R.W. 2729 Maui BISH 1987-02-16
33 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
34 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
35 Sideroxylon persimile Koloa, NTBG, Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, E of Lawai Stream Preserved_Specimen 2 m tree, sparsely branching;; flower green sepals nd pale green petiole Lorence, D.H. 9482 Kauai BISH 2005-12-07
36 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
37 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
38 Sideroxylon persimile Waimanalo, private horse farm Preserved_Specimen Woody shrub with long spines; lvs glossy green. Matayoshi, N. Oahu BISH 1990-01-10
39 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Capitol grounds, by burial mound Preserved_Specimen No. fls. or fr. Small throny tree, 10+ ft. high Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1939-09-16
40 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha after Heiau gate on road Preserved_Specimen Wong, K. 34 Oahu BISH 2006-03-08
41 Sideroxylon persimile Maunaolu College, near Preserved_Specimen Cultivated tree ca. 25 ft. tall, 10 in. dbh, with somewhat rough gray-brown bark and slender, pendent branches. Foliage coriaceous, glossy, dark green. Flower greenish white. Sap milky. Herbst, D.R. 820 Maui BISH 1967-12-24
42 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/10/2002
43 Sideroxylon persimile - HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/27/2001
44 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Oahu HAPI 7/27/2001
45 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Makawao District, Baldwin Ave, by Hawaii Job Corps., Maunaolu Campus Associated vegetation: Leucaena leucocephala, Grevillea robusta, Citrus sp, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum atropurpureum. Preserved_Specimen Trees, adults 9-10m tall, armed with thorns 1-2cm, stems with red fur, sticky white sap. Lvs dark grn, young tips light grn, ovate shaped; sticky white sap, margins entire; fruits green turning black, round, ~1cm. Starr, F. 4271 Maui BISH 2000-04-27
46 Sideroxylon persimile N mauka of Lanai City. in forest reserve Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21990 Lanai BISH 1952-03-02
47 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley Small 10 ft tall tree roadside in alien mesic forest. Preserved_Specimen Stems spiny; trunk yielding a thick white latex. Imada, C. 200146 Oahu BISH 2001-05-19
48 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
49 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Makiki (Makiki & Kinau Sts.) street Preserved_Specimen Round topped tree 20 m tall, trunk vertically fluted, 1 m thick, bark rough Fosberg, F.R. 27116 Oahu BISH 1946-10-19
50 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Ulupalakua, near store Coming up in fence post hole. Associated vegetation: Pennisetum clandestinum. Preserved_Specimen Erect tree, stems w. red fir; lvs born on thorns. Small seedlings. Starr, F. 107265 Maui BISH 2001-07-26
51 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town Gulch in pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Tree, not many seen, most likely cultivated. Starr, F. 9802201 Maui BISH 1998-02-20
52 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
53 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
54 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, planted as an ornamental along Baldwin avenue and on the Maunaolu campus Preserved_Specimen Evergreen trees 8-11m tall, bearing a few stiff 8-10mm spines in leaf axils. Flowers sympetalous, petals with lateral appendages, flowers somewhat fragrant Hobdy, R.W. 2729 Maui BISH 1987-02-16
55 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
56 Sideroxylon persimile Waiahole, Water Reserve, project for reforesting by Oahu Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Thorny plant; fr. small, round, red Saito, F. 10 Oahu BISH 1962-04-13
57 Sideroxylon persimile Koloa, NTBG, Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, E of Lawai Stream Preserved_Specimen 2 m tree, sparsely branching;; flower green sepals nd pale green petiole Lorence, D.H. 9482 Kauai BISH 2005-12-07
58 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Kalihi St., cor. Beckley St Preserved_Specimen Tree 10+ m. high, 20+/- cm. diam. Fruit subglobose, deep blue when ripe, contains latex Brown, F.B.H. 1246 Oahu BISH 1925-06-01
59 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, cor. Kalihi and Beckley Sts Preserved_Specimen Fl. has spicy fragrance, green, 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. Fr. small berries with milky juice, eaten by birds Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-11-07
60 Sideroxylon persimile Waimanalo, private horse farm Preserved_Specimen Woody shrub with long spines; lvs glossy green. Matayoshi, N. Oahu BISH 1990-01-10
61 Sideroxylon persimile Honolulu, Capitol grounds, by burial mound Preserved_Specimen No. fls. or fr. Small throny tree, 10+ ft. high Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1939-09-16
62 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha after Heiau gate on road Preserved_Specimen Wong, K. 34 Oahu BISH 2006-03-08
63 Sideroxylon persimile Maunaolu College, near Preserved_Specimen Cultivated tree ca. 25 ft. tall, 10 in. dbh, with somewhat rough gray-brown bark and slender, pendent branches. Foliage coriaceous, glossy, dark green. Flower greenish white. Sap milky. Herbst, D.R. 820 Maui BISH 1967-12-24
64 Sideroxylon persimile East Maui, Haliimaile, E side of gulch on E side of town HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/10/2002
65 Sideroxylon persimile - HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Maui HAPI 7/27/2001
66 Sideroxylon persimile Makaha, along Board of Water Supply access road in back of valley HUMAN_OBSERVATION Action Method: Ground; Method: Unknown; Correction: N/A; Comment: Maui Invasive Species Committee Oahu HAPI 7/27/2001
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