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Sideroxylon canariense

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ17234860 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sideroxylon canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Description

Sideroxylon canariense is an evergreen tree that grows up to 10 meters in height.

Distribution and habitat

Sideroxylon canariense is found on steep slopes and ravines, and in dry laurel forests (laurisilva), between 100 and 1000 meters elevation.

Systematics

It was formerly considered a subspecies (canariense) of Sideroxylon mirmulano, which is native to Madeira.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sideroxylon canariense” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.