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Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera

Photo by ColtMooney
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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like a Osage orange

Species ID Suggestions

Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera
chesterbperry
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Comments (4)
suzmonk
Dunno, I wondered that, too. The biggest concentration of Osage orange I've ever seen is up in Artesia, Lowndes County ... they're everywhere, I assume planted on purpose when it was a farming community. Interesting tree for a lot of reasons!
suzmonk
My favorite common name is "bowling ball tree" ... :-)
Jellis
It is an Osage Orange. Not really edible

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