Osage orange looks a bit like a green brain
date:Oct 27, 2018
The Osage orange, Maclura pomifera, is what is botanically known as a multiple fruit. It's the result of many, many tiny female flowers jammed together into a cluster. After pollination, the flowers swell, and all of them coalesce into this massive structure. It can sometimes be the size of a large orange, or even a grapefruit.


According to an article on eu.tallahassee.comeach of the tiny ovaries inside produces a single seed. The fresh, ripened fruit is quite solid, usually an attractive yell
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