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'''''Maclura pomifera''''', commonly known as the '''Osage orange''', hedge, or hedge apple tree is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] or large [[shrub]], typically growing to {{convert|8|to(-)|15|m|ft|-1}} tall. The distinctive fruit, from a [[multiple fruit]] family, is roughly spherical, bumpy, {{convert|3|to(-)|6|in|cm|order=flip|0}} in diameter, and turns bright yellow-green in the fall. The fruits secrete a sticky white [[latex]] when cut or damaged. Despite the name "Osage orange",<ref name="wynia">{{cite web|author1=Wynia, Richard L|title=Plant fact sheet: Osage orange, ''Maclura pomifera'' (Rafin.)|url=https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_mapo.pdf|publisher=US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service|accessdate=25 October 2017|date=March 2011}}</ref> it is only distantly related to the [[orange (fruit)|orange]],<ref name=IPM_IowaU>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2014/10-24/hedgeapple.html |title=Hedge Apples for Home Pest Control? |work=Horticulture & Home Pest News |publisher=Iowa State University of Science and Technology |date=October 24, 2014 |author1=Jesse, Laura |author2=Lewis, Donald |accessdate=January 29, 2016}}</ref> but rather is a member of the [[mulberry]] family, [[Moraceae]].<ref name=MotherEarthNews>{{cite web |url=http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/osage-orange-tree-zmaz85zsie.aspx |title=The Osage Orange Tree: Useful and Historically Significant |magazine=Mother Earth News |date=March 1985 |author=Wayman, Dave |accessdate=January 29, 2016}}</ref> Due to its [[latex]] secretions and woody pulp, the fruit is typically not eaten by humans and rarely by [[forage|foraging]] animals, giving it distinction as an [[
''Maclura pomifera'' has been known by a variety of common names in addition to Osage orange, including '''hedge apple''', '''horse apple''', '''bois d'arc''', '''bodark''', '''monkey ball''', '''bow-wood''', '''yellow-wood''' and '''mock orange'''.<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | accessdate=January 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bobick |first1=James |title=The Handy Biology Answer Book |date=2004 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |location=Detroit, MI |isbn=1578593034 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKDrXqBpnYoC&pg=PA178 |accessdate=January 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name=USDA_FS>{{cite web |url=http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_mapo.pdf |author=Wynia, Richard |date=March 2011 |title=Plant fact sheet for Osage orange (''Maclura pomifera'') |publisher=USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Manhattan Plant Materials Center |location=Manhattan, KS |accessdate=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
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