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Sideroxylon tenax Linnaeus. Common name: Tough Buckthorn, Tough Bumelia, Tough Bully. Phenology: May-Jul; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Maritime scrub, maritime forests, rarely somewhat inland in hammocks and FL scrub. Distribution: Se. NC south to s. peninsular FL.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bumelia megacocca Small — S13; = Bumelia tenax (L.) Willd. — S, Clark (1942), Lakela (1963); < Bumelia tenax (L.) Willd. — RAB, Cronquist (1945a), Godfrey (1988); < Sideroxylon tenax L. — Fl5, FNA8, WH3, Corogin (2015), Govaerts, Frodin, & Pennington (2001), Pennington (1991). Basionym: Sideroxylon tenax L. 1767

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