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About
Maclura Pomifera Trees: Native to the midwestern and
southeastern United States, this species is also known as the hedge
apple because it was planted in thicket-like hedge rows before the
advent of barbed wire fences. The fruit is neither an orange nor an
apple, although it approaches the size of those fruits. Like the breadfruit
and jackfruit, it is a true multiple fruit composed of numerous separate
ovaries, each arising from a separate female flower. In fact, the
bumpy surface of the fruit is due to the numerous, tightly-packed
ovaries of the female flowers.
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Maclura
Pomifera picture
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| Maclura
Pomifera Tree Facts |
Common
Name: |
Osage
orange
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Foliage: |
Green
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Mature
Height: |
20-40'
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Mature
Spread: |
20-40'
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Soil: |
Poor
OK
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Zones: |
4-9
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Moisture: |
Wet
to dry
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The
black hairs on the surface of the fruit are styles, each arising
from a separate ovary. The wood of Maclura Pomifera was highly prized
by the Osage Indians of Arkansas and Missouri for bows. In fact,
Maclura Pomifera is stronger than oak (Quercus) and as tough as
hickory (Carya), and is considered by archers to be one of the finest
native North American woods for bows. In Arkansas, in the early
19th century, a good osage bow was worth a horse and a blanket.
A yellow-orange dye is also extracted from the wood and is used
as a substitute for fustic and aniline dyes in arts and industry.
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