Maclura

This is the Osage Orange tree, scientific name Maclura pomifera.

Archive 2008-11-01 DNLee 2008

This is the Osage Orange tree, scientific name Maclura pomifera.

Urban Wildlife Watch: Osage Orange Trees DNLee 2008

Maclura pomifera is definitely native to the Americas, although "bois d'arc" appears to be a fairly widespread local name.

Urban Wildlife Watch: Osage Orange Trees DNLee 2008

So the origin of its name was a mystery until my last trip to Istanbul last month when the surprising identities of the trees lined up in a narrow median strip along one section of the road were revealed: osage oranges Maclura pomifera.

Osage oranges in Istanbul AYDIN 2008

Armathocereus humilis, Stenocereus griseus, Acanthocereus pentagonus y Pilosocereus colombianus; and woody species of bushes and trees such as Pithecellobium bogotense, Capparis odoratissima, Bulnesia carrapo, Maclura tinctoria, Fagara pterota, Prakinsonia aculeta, Prosopis juliflora, and Acacia farnesiana among others.

Magdalena Valley dry forests 2007

While back in Arkansas recently, I saw one of these “ghosts”, the osage orange Maclura pomifera shown in the picture below.

A Ghost of Evolution 2005

While back in Arkansas recently, I saw one of these “ghosts”, the osage orange Maclura pomifera shown in the picture below.

Archive 2005-10-01 2005

Osage Orange = (_Maclura aurantiaca_) (Bois d'Arc).

Seasoning of Wood

-- This is the common name of a species of dye wood in extensive use, which is obtained from _Maclura tinctoria_, or _Broussonitia tinctoria_, Kunth, a large and handsome evergreen tree, growing in

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

In front of the tents stood tall spears, with shields of _parfleche_ leaning against them; also long bows of _bois d'arc (Maclura aurantica_), and shorter ones of horn -- the horns of the mountain-ram.

The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850