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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Chittamwood

Other Names: Gum Bumelia, Woolly Buckthorn, Chittam, Gum Elastic, Gum Bully

Species Name: Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Plant Type: Woody

Family Name: Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Native
Duration Perennial
Distribution in the U.S. East Central Missouri southwestward to northeastern Mexico; also in the southern portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the northern part of Florida
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Sandy soils
Habitat Open woods
Successional Stage Mid to late

 

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