View source for Maclura ← Maclura You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Maclura |accepted_authority=Nuttall |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl. |place=2: 233. 1818, name conserved }} |common_names=Osage-orange;bois d'arc |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moraceae;Maclura |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maclura]]</div></div> |etymology=for American geologist William Maclure, 1763-1840 |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 393 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees,</b> deciduous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap milky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Branches </b>with axillary spines.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Terminal </b>buds surrounded by bud-scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule fusion">stipules caducous, free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade texture"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate to lanceolate, not leathery, margins entire, never lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin architecture or shape">venation pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences:</b> flowers borne outside receptacle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;raceme architecture or fragility;raceme height or length or size">staminate inflorescences loose short racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;head density">pistillate inflorescences dense heads.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers:</b> staminate and pistillate on different plants.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;calyx shape"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: calyx 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen orientation">stamens 4, inflexed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;filament shape">filaments filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;anther dehiscence;connective height or length or size">anthers introrse, with short connective.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal quantity;outer sepal width"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 4, 2 outer sepals wider than inner ones;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary quantity;ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1, superior, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;style architecture;style shape">style unbranched, filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties=""><b>Syncarps </b>globose, 8-12 cm or more diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="syncarp shape;syncarp diam;calyx size;calyx texture">each achene completely enclosed by its enlarged, fleshy calyx.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America |discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Maclura is a monotypic genus endemic to North America.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Maclura |authority=Nuttall |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moraceae |distribution=North America |reference=None |publication title=Gen. 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