Bumelia lycioides Shittamwood (Sapotaceae) Deciduous tree

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Bumelia lycioides
Shittamwood
Deciduous tree
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The Bumelia lycioides plant species is found in Southeastern N. America - Virginia to Florida, west to Indiana and Texas. It is a member of the Sapotaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Shittamwood.

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Latin Name:  Bumelia lycioides
Common Name:  Shittamwood
Family:  Sapotaceae
Author:  (L.)Pers.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  8   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Low moist soils by swamps and streams, also found on rocky bluffs[82].

Cultivation Notes: Succeeds in a warm sunny site in any freely draining moderately fertile soil[200]. Plants are cut back by temperatures below about -15°c but they regenerate freely from the base 200]. Succeeds outdoors at Kew[11], though it is not very vigorous[K]. This species rarely, if ever, fruits in Britain[11]. The tree at Kew flowered freely in the long hot summer of 1989 but did not produce fruit[K].

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