Bois d'Arc
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 14 m
- wide
- 12 m
Moraceae
Also called Horse-apple, Horse-Apple, Osage orange, Osage Orange, Osage-orange
Formerly Ioxylon pomiferum, Maclura aurantiaca, Myroxylon abruptifolium, Toxylon aurantiacum, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Oklahoma to Texas and ArkansasKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 7.6 m to 21 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 6.1 m to 18 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Chinese
- 橙桑
- Czech
- maklura oranžová
- German
- Milchorangenbaum, Osagedorn
- Finnish
- Värimulperi
- French
- Bois d'Arc, Oranger des Osages
- Hungarian
- Narancseper, oszázsnarancs
- Italian
- Spino degli Osagi
- Slovenian
- osaški pomarančevec
- Simplified Chinese
- 拓果, 柘果, 桑橙
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Maclura pomifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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