Moraceae
Horse-apple
Maclura pomifera
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Maclura
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Common names
By language (32)
- Afrikaans
- Indiaanse soetlemoen, Wildelemoen
- Albanian
- Maklura
- Arabic
- عيش المسافر, شجرة القش
- Armenian
- Մակլուրա նարնջագույն, Ադամի խնձոր
- arz
- عيش المسافر
- Azerbaijani
- Narıncı maklyura
- Basque
- Osageen laranjondo
- Catalan
- Bois d'Arc
- Chinese
- 橙桑, 桑橙, 拓果, 柘果, 奧塞奇橙, 柘橙
- Croatian
- Maklura
- Czech
- Maklura oranžová
- Dutch
- Osagedoorn
- English
- Horse-apple, Osage orange, Bois d'Arc, Osage-orange, Bodark, Bow-wood, Hedge apple, Hedge tree
- Finnish
- Värimulperi
- French
- Oranger des osages, Bois d'Arc, Maclure épineux
- German
- Milchorangenbaum, Osagedorn, Bois d'Arc, Milchorange
- Hebrew
- מקלורה זהובה
- Hungarian
- Narancseper, Oszázsnarancs, Maklúra, Narancseperfa, Vadnarancs
- Italian
- Spino degli Osagi, Gelso degli Osagi
- Japanese
- アメリカハリグワ, オセージ・オレンジ
- Korean
- 오세이지뽕나무
- Lithuanian
- Obuolinė makliūra, Bois d'Arc, Makliūra
- Macedonian
- Маклура
- Persian
- توت آمریکایی
- Polish
- Żółtnica pomarańczowa, Maklura
- Portuguese
- Laranjeira-de-osage, Laranja-de-osage, Laranjeira-dos-osage
- Russian
- Маклюра оранжевая, Маклюра яблоконосная
- Serbian
- +maklurapomifera, Маклура
- Slovenian
- Osaški pomarančevec, Divja pomaranča, Maklura, Zelena pomaranča
- Swedish
- Bois d'Arc
- Turkish
- Yalancı portakal ağacı, Yalancı portakalağacı
- Ukrainian
- Маклюра оранжева
Synonyms
- Ioxylon pomiferum Raf.
- Joxylon pomiferum Raf.
- Maclura aurantiaca Nutt.
- Maclura aurantiaca var. inermis André
- Maclura pomifera var. inermis (André) C.K.Schneid.
- Myroxylon abruptifolium Stokes
- Toxylon aurantiacum (Nutt.) Raf.
- Toxylon maclura Raf.
- Toxylon pomiferum (Raf.) Sarg.
- Toxylon pomiferum Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 268 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Horse-apple: Bois'd Arc [osage_orange] tree with fruit](/plants/maclura-pomifera/photos/0b00d3a0b8ecd645-s.webp)
Photo: Gale French, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fontema, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Terra Occ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Herodotptlomeu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: huffman1485, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Horse-apple: Bois'd Arc [osage_orange] tree with fruit](/plants/maclura-pomifera/photos/0b00d3a0b8ecd645-l.webp)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.