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Osage Orange (Bois d’arc)
LATIN NAME
Maclura pomifera
LONGEVITY
Perennial
SEASON
Cool
ORIGIN
Native
DETAILS:
Other common names, “Bois d’arc” and “Horse apple.”
This is a medium-sized tree; the twigs and stems are equipped with short, stout spines.
Flowers April to June, with the fruit maturing September to October.
This tree has been widely planted in shelterbelts.
The seeds inside the fruit, which look like a big yellowish-green apple, is eaten by squirrels.
Turkeys have been known to pick and scratch open the fruit for the seed, as well.
Deer browse the leaves and twigs.
Yellow dye was formed from the root bark, and the bark of the trunk was used for tanning leather.
The name, “Bois d’arc” was given by the French, meaning “Bow-wood,” with the reference to the fact that the Osage Indians made bows from the wood.
QUALITY TRAITS
Not For Sale
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