Title of object
Fruit of osage orange (Maclura pomifera)
Object description
"Osage Orange" (Maclura pomifera) is a tree species from Moraceae family with wide crested and native to North America. It can grow up to 20 m. The fruit of the tree is pistachio green in color and 10 cm in diameter. The fruits form with a combination of a large number of juicy and seedy fruits. Milk secrets when crashed and due to the fungal and antioxidant compounds fruits are inedible. It is often used for reforestation of roads and streets, and also as fence plant. (Photo: Genclik parkı, An...
Language of object
Turkish
Author(s) / Publisher
Zeynel Cebeci
Discipline(s)
Forestry Related
Keywords
landscape plants, fence plant, trees, Moraceae
Technical format
Image
Intended end-user role
Learner
Learning resource type
Photo
Typical age range
18U
Copyright - Restrictions
This resource is licensed under the license(CC-BY-NC-ND) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Cost with use
No
Source code available
No