Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History, Characteristics & Other Facts
History The Osage orange (Maclura pomifera), also called horse apple, hedge apple, bodark and bois d’arc has very dense, rot-resistant wood that excretes a milky sap. The branches are armed with thorns at leaf bases. Osage orange fruit is green, bumpy and inedible. The story of the Osage Orange, or Maclura pomifera, begins in the … Read more