Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Philecology Herbarium
(BRIT)
Catalog #:
BRIT452532
Occurrence ID (GUID):
caba7d87-44a7-46b6-9129-c934bc614c59
Taxon:Sideroxylon celastrinum (Kunth) T.D. Penn. Family: Sapotaceae
Collector:
Alfred Traverse
Number:
1024
Date: 1959-04-21
Locality:
United States, Texas, Cameron, E of Harlingen on highway 106, 4.5 mi. E of bend in 106 at Harlingen Air Force base. .3 mi. N of intersection with road marked to Port Harlingen.
Habitat:
Dense thicket of spiny microphyllous shrubs above stream. Gray brown silty sand. Prosopis sp.-Pithe- colobium sp.-Opuntia sp.-Zanthoxylum fag. Tree, 6 m. Basal diam., 15 cm. Crown diam., 3 m. Densley branched, upright. Bark dark brown, shallowly furrowed. Fruit green, smooth, with white sap