Maclura is a genus of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
in the mulberry family,
MoraceaeMoraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — is a family of flowering plants comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates...
. It includes the inedible Osage-orange, which is used as
mosquitoMosquito is a common insect in the family Culicidae...
repellent and grown throughout the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as a hedging plant.
- Maclura africana (Africa
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)
- Maclura brasiliensis (Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...
, HondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
, NicaraguaNicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest country in Central America with an area of 130,373 km
2. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of...
, PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
, and VenezuelaVenezuela , officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea...
)
- Maclura cochinchinensis (Syn.: Cudrania cochinchinensis, Cudrania javanensis, Vanieria cochinchinensis) (China
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)
- Maclura fruticosa (China)
- Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
Camillo Karl Schneider was an Austrian botanist and landscape architect . A farmer's son, he was born at Gröppendorf, Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifswald...
Osage-orange (United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
)
- Maclura pubescens (China)
- Maclura tinctoria (L.
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature...
) D.DonDavid Don was a Scottish botanist,David Don was born on December 21, 1799, at Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland...
ex Steud.Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was a German physician and an authority on grasses....
- Maclura tricuspidata (Syn.: Cudrania tricuspidata, Cudrania triloba) (China)
Species previously placed in
Maclura include
Milicia excelsaMilicia excelsa is a tree species from tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
syn.
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Maclura is a genus of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
in the mulberry family,
MoraceaeMoraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — is a family of flowering plants comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates...
. It includes the inedible Osage-orange, which is used as
mosquitoMosquito is a common insect in the family Culicidae...
repellent and grown throughout the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as a hedging plant.
Species
- Maclura africana (Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
)
- Maclura brasiliensis (Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...
, HondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
, NicaraguaNicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest country in Central America with an area of 130,373 km
2. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of...
, PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
, and VenezuelaVenezuela , officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea...
)
- Maclura cochinchinensis (Syn.: Cudrania cochinchinensis, Cudrania javanensis, Vanieria cochinchinensis) (China
China is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
- Maclura fruticosa (China)
- Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
Camillo Karl Schneider was an Austrian botanist and landscape architect . A farmer's son, he was born at Gröppendorf, Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifswald...
Osage-orange (United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
)
- Maclura pubescens (China)
- Maclura tinctoria (L.
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature...
) D.DonDavid Don was a Scottish botanist,David Don was born on December 21, 1799, at Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland...
ex Steud.Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was a German physician and an authority on grasses....
- Maclura tricuspidata (Syn.: Cudrania tricuspidata, Cudrania triloba) (China)
Species previously placed in
Maclura include
Milicia excelsaMilicia excelsa is a tree species from tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
syn.
Maclura excelsa.