On their underside, they are hairy and pale green. Male and female Osage orange trees feature different types of flowers. The green and hairy male flowers appear from mid-May to June and develop in ...

Osage orange trees very likely came to Missouri ... given a wide means of dispersal. Just as some flowers have evolved to favor specific pollinating insects and birds, it’s theorized the large ...

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) is identifiable by its simple, glossy, ovate leaves, typically 2-5 inches long, which turn yellow in fall. The tree produces large, round, bumpy fruits, known as ...

Maclura pomifera is known widely by a few names: the Osage orange, the hedge apple, or the horse apple, though it is neither an orange nor an apple and is more closely related to the mulberry.

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The Osage-orange is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are produced on separate trees. The small, green flowers appear in May or June. Female trees produce 3-to 5-inch diameter fruit ...

FEMALE TREES Osage Orange trees are either male or female; only the female trees are fruit-bearing. The fruit, usually four to six inches in diameter, actually is formed from a cluster of flowers ...

Osage orange trees very likely came to Missouri ... given a wide means of dispersal. Just as some flowers have evolved to favor specific pollinating insects and birds, it’s theorized the large ...