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Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera

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Description:

Looks like a Osage orange

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chesterbperry
chesterbperry 10 years ago
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera


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4 Comments

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

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!

ColtMooney
ColtMooney 10 years ago

Why are they called a horse apple?

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

My favorite common name is "bowling ball tree" ... :-)

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

It is an Osage Orange. Not really edible

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ColtMooney
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ColtMooney

Mississippi, USA

Spotted on Sep 24, 2013
Submitted on Sep 24, 2013

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