Osage Orange-Monkey Balls-Horse Apple 6 Seeds – Tree
- Maclura Pomifera Trees: Native to the midwestern and southeastern United States
- The fruit is neither an orange nor an apple, although it approaches the size of those fruits
- A yellow-orange dye is also extracted from the wood and is used as a substitute for fustic and aniline dyes in arts and industry
- Also makes an unusual bonsai.
- 6 Seeds
Maclura Pomifera Trees: Native to the midwestern and southeastern United States, this species is also known as the hedge apple because it was planted in thicket-like hedge rows before the advent of barbed wire fences. The fruit is neither an orange nor an apple, although it approaches the size of those fruits. Like the breadfruit and jackfruit, it is a true multiple fruit composed of numerous separate ovaries, each arising from a separate female flower. In fact, the bumpy surface of the fruit is
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