Dipholis salicifolia, commonly called willow bustic or White Bully, is a species of flowering plant native to Florida

Florida

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, the West Indies and Central America

Central America

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. It was previously considered a member of the genus Sideroxylon

Sideroxylon

Sideroxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. There are about 70 species, collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος , meaning "iron", and ξύλον , meaning "wood."-Distribution:The genus is distributed mainly in the neotropics,...

, with the binomial Sideroxylon salicifolium. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin

Latin

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 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.