| Common Name: Osage Orange or Bois D'arc |
| Family: Moraceae |
| Zone: 5 - 9 |
| Average Size: 30' H x 40' W |
Identification:
- Deeply furrowed, orange bark
- Thorny juvenile branches sometimes found at base of tree
- Simple leaf; oblong, tapering toward apex; glossy green
- Grapefruit-sized fruit; yellow syncarp on female trees in autumn
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| Notes: Usually a curiosity near the Indian Mounds on the LSU campus where the softball-sized fruit litters the ground in the fall. The Osage Orange is a durable species, adaptable to a wide range of soil and environmental conditions; commonly used a hedge row or windbreak on old farmsteads. Wood from the naturally curved branches was used to make bows where the French name "Bois D'arc (bow wood) originates. |
| Campus Location: Indian Mounds, east along parking lot |
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