Sideroxylon majus
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{Speciesbox
|image =
|genus = Sideroxylon
|species = majus
|authority = (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
|synonyms =
- Calvaria imbricarioides (A.DC.) Dubard
- Calvaria major C.F.Gaertn.
- Sideroxylon imbricarioides A.DC.
- Sideroxylon laurifolium Comm. ex A.DC.
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-191998|title=The Plant List}}
}}
Sideroxylon majus is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to Réunion.{{cite journal|author1=Dafreville, S. |author2=Payet, G. |author3=Simiand, C. |author4=Risterucci, A. |author5=Rivière, E. |author6=Lebreton, G. |author7=Humeau, L. |author8=Strasberg, D. |author9=Chevallier, M. |year=2011|title=Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers of an endangered tropical tree, Sideroxylon majus, and cross-species amplification in other Sapotaceae species|journal=Conservation Genetics Resources|volume=3|issue=4|pages=701–704|doi=10.1007/s12686-011-9437-0}}
See also
- Sideroxylon grandiflorum, the dodo tree, a species native to Mauritius, that has been confounded with Sideroxylon majus (particularly its synonym Calvaria major)