An Osage orange(Maclura pomifera) also known as a hedge apple, it’s in the same family as mulberries and jackfruit
GoddessoftheUniverse
Osage Apple
Worldly-Map8824
Horse Apple. Bois d’Arc
boywithflippers
Here we call them hedge apples. Osage orange is another name. Maybe it depends on where you live…
Fantastic-Sea-7806
Hedge apple
svakako
Brain tennis ball 🙂
Maclura
wordet9
It is the fruit of the tennis ball tree
montezuma2000
My grandmother would have me cut them in half and throw them underneath her pier and beam home. She never had roaches or mice.
Paracentric
Where my wife grew up, they called them monkey balls.
Nachtjager21
Osage Orange! Very cool tree with a lot of history. I’ve read it is so dispersed across North America because giant prehistoric mammals ate it during migration and pooped the seeds everywhere.
OwlPelletCrunch
r/itsalwaysosageorange
tnbama92
Hedge apple or horse apple.
Past_Scholar_4067
Isn’t it supposed to keep spiders and other insects away if you place them near exterior doors in your house?
weepingtacobell
It’s a devil fruit, eat it and tell us what powers you get.
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Osage Orange
An Osage orange(Maclura pomifera) also known as a hedge apple, it’s in the same family as mulberries and jackfruit
Osage Apple
Horse Apple. Bois d’Arc
Here we call them hedge apples. Osage orange is another name. Maybe it depends on where you live…
Hedge apple
Brain tennis ball 🙂
Maclura
It is the fruit of the tennis ball tree
My grandmother would have me cut them in half and throw them underneath her pier and beam home. She never had roaches or mice.
Where my wife grew up, they called them monkey balls.
Osage Orange! Very cool tree with a lot of history. I’ve read it is so dispersed across North America because giant prehistoric mammals ate it during migration and pooped the seeds everywhere.
r/itsalwaysosageorange
Hedge apple or horse apple.
Isn’t it supposed to keep spiders and other insects away if you place them near exterior doors in your house?
It’s a devil fruit, eat it and tell us what powers you get.