Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Sideroxylon lanuginosum^[4] is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae.^[5] It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States^[6] as well as Northeastern Mexico.^[2] Common names include gum bully,^[6] black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittamwood, false buckthorn, gum bumelia, gum elastic, gum woolybucket, woolybucket bumelia, wooly buckthorn, wooly bumelia, ironwood and coma.

Gum bully
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Sideroxylon
Species:	S. lanuginosum
Binomial name
Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx.[2]
Subspecies[3]
S. l. subsp. lanuginosum S. l. subsp. oblongifolium S. l. subsp. rigidum
Natural range

The fruit of Bumelia lanuginosa is edible but can cause stomach aches or dizziness if eaten in large quantities.^[7] The Kiowa and Comanche tribes both consumed them when ripened.^[8] Gum from the trunk of the tree is sometimes chewed by children.^[7]

Subspecies

• Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa)^[9][10]
• Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. oblongifolium (Nutt.) T.D.Penn. (syn. Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. albicans)
• Sideroxylon lanuginosum subsp. rigidum (A.Gray) T.D.Penn.^[3]