Plant

Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera
Plant St. Louis, Missouri (obtained from Osage Nation) New to Western Science
Osage Orange

Photo: Cbarlow, CC0

Common Names
Osages Plum and Apple / Bois d'Arc
Habitat
Specimen sent from St. Louis
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1804-03-26
Observed At
St. Louis, Missouri (obtained from Osage Nation)

Cuttings from plant grown by Choteau in St. Louis sent to Jefferson in March 1804. Wood used for bows by native tribes.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Osage Orange

Sep 17 1804
Lewis: September 17, 1804
...dark blackis or bluish green sonetimes presenting as light orange yellow or bluish tint as it happens to be presented to different exposures of ligtthe plumage of t...

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