EPPO Global Database

Maclura pomifera(MACPO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-22

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MACPO
  • Preferred name: Maclura pomifera
  • Authority: (Rafinesque) Schneider

Notes

USA (originally in Texas, but now widely introduced in other states). Planted as a hedge and windbreak tree, and source of a valuable timber. Introduced in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, Argentina

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Maclura aurantiaca Nuttall
Toxylon pomiferum Rafinesque

Common names
Name Language
bodark English
bodock English
bow wood English
box wood English
hedge apple English
horse apple English
monkey ball English
Osage orange English
apfelfrüchtiger Osagedorn German
bois d'arc French
maclure argentée French
maclure orangée French
mûrier des Osages French
oranger des Osages French
maclura Spanish
madera de arco Spanish
naranja de Osage Spanish
naranjello Spanish
maclura Italian
maclura pomifera Italian
moro degli osagi Italian
osagedoorn Dutch
laranjeira-de-osage Portuguese
maclura Portuguese
pau-d'arco Portuguese
citrusmullbär Swedish
маклюра оранжевая Russian
маклюра яблоконосная Russian
orangemorbær Danish
yalancı portakal ağacı Turkish
żółtnica pomarańczowa Polish
narancseper Hungarian
maklurë Albanian
маклура Bulgarian
maclura Catalan
maklura Croatian
maklura jablkovitá Czech
maklura oranžová Czech
maklura oranžová Slovak
maklúra pomarančová Slovak
маклюра яблуконосна Ukrainian