| Sideroxylon celastrinum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. celastrinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T.D.Penn[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Sideroxylon celastrinum is a species of flowering plant in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is native to Texas[1] and Florida[2] in the United States south through Central America to northern Venezuela and Colombia in South America. Common names include Saffron Plum[1] and La Coma. It is a spiny shrub or small tree that reaches a height of 2–9 m (6.6–30 ft). The dark green leaves are alternate or fascicled at the nodes and oblanceolate to obovate. Greenish-white flowers are present from May to November and are followed by single-seeded, blue-black drupes.[3]