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Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid. (Osage-orange), close-up of fruit
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Hagstrom, John

Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid. (Osage-orange), close-up of fruit

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Born digital
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2005 – 2012
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid. (Osage-orange), fruit is a large (4-6" diameter) globose syncarp of drupes covered with a mamillate rind yellow-green, becoming effective in Sept. and lethal in Oct. if one is hit on the head by one of these falling cannon-balls
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid. (Osage-orange)
Close up view
Fruit
Maclura Nutt. (maclura)
Moraceae (mulberry family)
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Maclura
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