Sideroxylon lycioides

Sideroxylon lycioides, the buckthorn bully,^[3] is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States from Texas to southeast Virginia.^[4]

Buckthorn bully
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Sideroxylon
Species:	S. lycioides
Binomial name
Sideroxylon lycioides L.
Natural range
Synonyms
Bumelia lycioides[2]

The fruit pulp is thin but edible and consumed by birds. Livestock browse the plant's foliage.^[4]