Texas History The Quirky History of the Osage Orange, Texas’s Ugliest Fruit Once eaten by woolly mammoths, and later used by Indigenous Texans and settlers for its sturdy wood, this strange ...

Osage orange trees grow well in all types of conditions including poor soils, and are not susceptible to insects and diseases, drought or moisture.

The Osage orange hedge row tree, once a favorite of American settlers, deserves a look from modern-day homesteaders looking for fencing options.

The bark and trunk, in fact, might evoke a windswept mountainside or a primeval swamp, not a suburban yard in Ohio. Easy to grow and tolerant of dry conditions, the osage orange can reach 50 feet ...

The Osage orange (Maclura pomifera,) also known as a “hedge-apple,” is a small deciduous tree with simple alternate leaves, twisted branches and a wide-spreading profile. The bark and roots of ...

Crafters also turn the bark of the Osage orange tree into a natural dye, creating colors from dark orange to tan. The strong yet flexible wood can become everything from bows to furniture.

Osage orange is a small to medium-sized tree or large shrub, planted across the United States for hedges, ornamental use, and shade. Originally it was found in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The ...

The strange-looking fruits of the Osage-orange tree litter the ground at this time of year. As big as a grapefruit, the fruit evolved with large herbivores in the Ice Age. Today, few animals eat ...

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits. The Latin name comes from William Maclura, an American ...

Historically, the Osage orange tree played a practical role in American agriculture. "The trees were historically used as hedges on the American prairies," Le added.

Many compounds are found in the bark, wood, and fruit, some of which can be used as antifungal agents or as a food preservative." Historically, the Osage orange tree played a practical role in ...