Osage Orange produces the largest fruit of any tree native to the continental United States—a bumpy, brain-shaped green ball up to 5 inches across that contains a milky latex. Like honey locust, its fruits were adapted for dispersal by Pleistocene megafauna, and today only horses and squirrels extract the seeds. The extremely hard, rot-resistant wood was prized for bows.
Habitat
Bottomlands and moist slopes of the south-central United States
Diet
Fruits eaten by squirrels and horses extracting the seeds; minimal modern dispersers
How common
Common
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