Osage orange (Maclura pomifera): History and economic uses |
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Authors: | Jeffrey L Smith Janice V Perino |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
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Abstract: | Osage orange, a tree native to Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, was planted widely in the United States as a living fence from 1850–1875. It has naturalized over much of its planted range and is an early successional species. Economically the tree has had a wide number of uses including for bows, yellow dye, and building materials. It is used for fence posts and is a potential source for a proteolytic enzyme. Its taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, chemical constitutents, medicinal uses, and toxicity are discussed in this paper and related to its economic importance. |
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