Willow bustic

Description

Sideroxylon salicifolium, commonly called white bully or willow bustic, is a species of flowering plant native to Florida, the West Indies and Central America.It has also been considered a member of the genus Dipholis, with the binomial Dipholis salicifolia. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin salix 'willow' and folia 'leaf'.It is a small tree, 10-20 m tall, with smooth beige bark, spirally arranged leaves and small (1-4 mm) cream-coloured flowers borne in clusters of five to 12. The fruit is a small berry (6-10 mm long) with between one and three seeds. As it ripens, the fruit turns from green to reddish brown and then to dark brown when it is mature