Osage Orange, Osage-orange, Horse-apple, Bois D'Arc or Bodark, Maclura pomifera, Moraceae, South Central USA, North America.

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Osage Orange, Osage-orange, Horse-apple, Bois D'Arc, or Bodark, Maclura pomifera, Moraceae, South Central USA, North America. A small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8–15 metres (26–49 ft) tall. It is dioeceous, with male and female flowers on different plants. The fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, but bumpy, and 7–15 cm in diameter, and it is filled with a sticky white latex sap. In autumn, its colour turns a bright yellow-green and it has a faint odor similar to that of oranges.

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Location: North America
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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