Gum Bumelia Tree Fruit

Texana and common bumelia var.

Gum bumelia tree fruit. Four varieties of b. Gum bumelia nowadays on thin soil atop limestone bedrock a much branched thorny bush or small tree with distinctively small simple leaves broader toward their tips than their bases occasionally is seen issuing globular clusters of tiny white flowers as shown above. Its bark is gray to brown in color and the twigs have sharp spines at the ends. Though the flowers only about 1 8th inch wide 3mm are so small and simple that it s hard to make much of them if you look.

Gum bumelia sideroxylon lanuginosum often just called bumelia or chittamwood is a rangy root sprouting native shrub or small tree usually seen 12 to 18 feet in height or less but can grow to 45 feet under ideal conditions. Rigida brazos bumelia var. Wildlife biologist natural resources conservation service. Occurs throughout texas except in the high.

It s useful for wildlife in any native edge. The nearly evergreen leaves are thick and usually dark green on the upper surface. And northern mexico north to missouri. By ricky linex.

Sideroxylon lanuginosum commonly known as gum bumelia woolly bumelia or woolly buckthorn is a narrow crowned spiny deciduous tree that typically grows 20 to 45 tall it is native to the southeastern u s. Youngsters in pioneer days were known to chew this sap as a gum. Gum bumelia is largely unavailable even in the native plant trade so preserve it on site if you can. Lanuginosa occur in texas including gum bumelia var.

Chittamwood should be grown in full sun or partial shade on well drained soils. Chittamwood gum bumelia woolybucket bumelia gum elastic wooly buckthorn gum woolybucket wooly bumelia false buckthorn shittamwood ironwood coma bumelia lanuginosa. Chittamwood is a native semi evergreen medium sized tree with oblong dark green leaves that resemble those of a live oak tree. Lanuginosa occur in texas including gum bumelia var.

Sideroxylon lanuginosum is a shrub or small tree of the family sapotaceae it is native to the sun belt and midwest of the united states as well as northeastern mexico. The common names of gum bumelia and gum elastic are derived from the sap that quickly oozes from cuts or cracks to the bark. In 2018 i had to cut down a bumelia in our front yard near weatherford that. Albicans spiny bumelia var.

Chittamwood s fruit is consumed by various species of birds and by some small. The twigs are often armed with straight spines. None required to achieve a shrublike shape though it can also be trained up into a single trunk tree as pictured on recommended tree lists pruning is always optional. Four varieties of b.

Gum bumelia gum elastic woolybucket bumelia leaf type. Make any cuts at a bud or branch. In missouri it occurs in dry or open rocky woods and glades in the southern 1 2 of the state south of the missouri river. Chittamwood is usually found in open woods or along fence rows in all areas of texas except the high plains.

Trees found on poor soils in the wild grow slowly and are stunted but with. Common names include gum bully black haw chittamwood chittimwood shittamwood false buckthorn gum bumelia gum elastic gum woolybucket woolybucket bumelia wooly buckthorn wooly bumelia ironwood and coma. A medium sized tree typically to 40 feet tall and a trunk to 12 in diameter with short stout stiff branches that form a narrow oval crown of dark green foliage. Rigida brazos bumelia var.

Focus on minimizing dead.