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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq.
Wild mastic, False mastic

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Sapotaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Synonyms: Mastichodendron foetidissimum.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  However, Elbert Little's 1978 range map shows this only as far south as about Vaca Key (Marathon); which matches our field observations. We consider this native from the upper Keys to the middle Keys.

Other data on Sideroxylon foetidissimum available from :


Sideroxylon foetidissimum has been reported from the following 10 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native
Long Key State Park Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Sideroxylon foetidissimum has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Rockland Hammock


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Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: Steve Woodmansee
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton