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Maclura
Maclura is a genus of flowering plants in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes the inedible Osage orange, which is used as mosquito repellent and grown throughout the United States as a hedging plant. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.
Maclura is closely related to the genus Cudrania, and hybrids between the two genera have been produced. Some botanists recognize a more broadly defined Maclura that includes species previously included in Cudrania and other genera of Moraceae. The genus likely originated in South America during the Paleogene.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Osage-orange
speciesMaclura pomifera
Cockspur Thorn
speciesMaclura cochinchinensis
Fustic
speciesMaclura tinctoria
silkworm thorn
speciesMaclura tricuspidata
African osage-orange
speciesMaclura africana
spiny maclura
speciesMaclura spinosa
Maclura andamanica
speciesMaclura andamanica
Maclura brasiliensis
speciesMaclura brasiliensis
Maclura mollis
speciesMaclura mollis
Maclura pubescens
speciesMaclura pubescens
Maclura fruticosa
speciesMaclura fruticosa
Maclura montana
speciesMaclura montana
Maclura orientalis
speciesMaclura orientalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58206.