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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.

Moraceae

MC SC North America (USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas) int MW Eurasia (former USSR and Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania) and SC Eurasia (India)

MC SC

dr (eye medication) fd fr (silkworm: leaves) fw ma (yellow dye from roots) pl (living fences) sa ti (bows, fence posts, railroad ties, war-clubs)

Ioxylon pomiferum Raf. Joxylon pomiferum Raf. Maclura aurantiaca Nutt. Toxylon aurantiacum (Nutt.) Raf. Toxylon pomiferum Raf.

hedge osageorange; bodark, bodeck, bodock, bow wood, bowwood, hedge, hedge apple, hedge-apple, horse-apple, mock orange, osage, osage apple tree, Osage orange, osage orange, Osage-orange, yellow wood

maclure épineuse; bois-d'arc, maclure orangée, mûrier des Osages; oranger des Osages (Morocco); oranger des osages

machura, madera de arco (Spain); naranjo chino

Apfelfrüchtiger Osagedorn, Gelbholz (german); maclura, moro degli Osagi (italian); Osagedorn (german)

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Latin name	Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas) int MW Eurasia (former USSR and Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania) and SC Eurasia (India)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (eye medication) fd fr (silkworm: leaves) fw ma (yellow dye from roots) pl (living fences) sa ti (bows, fence posts, railroad ties, war-clubs)
Synonym	Ioxylon pomiferum Raf. Joxylon pomiferum Raf. Maclura aurantiaca Nutt. Toxylon aurantiacum (Nutt.) Raf. Toxylon pomiferum Raf.
English name	hedge osageorange; bodark, bodeck, bodock, bow wood, bowwood, hedge, hedge apple, hedge-apple, horse-apple, mock orange, osage, osage apple tree, Osage orange, osage orange, Osage-orange, yellow wood
French name	maclure épineuse; bois-d'arc, maclure orangée, mûrier des Osages; oranger des Osages (Morocco); oranger des osages
Spanish name	machura, madera de arco (Spain); naranjo chino
Other name	Apfelfrüchtiger Osagedorn, Gelbholz (german); maclura, moro degli Osagi (italian); Osagedorn (german)
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