Maclura
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| Maclura | |
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| M. pomifera foliage and fruit | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Tribe: | Moreae |
| Genus: | Maclura Nutt.[1] |
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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.[2]
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[edit] Species
- Maclura africana (Africa)
- Maclura brasiliensis (Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela)
- Maclura cochinchinensis (Syn.: Cudrania cochinchinensis, Cudrania javanensis, Vanieria cochinchinensis) (China)
- Maclura fruticosa (China)
- Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid. – Osage-orange (United States)
- Maclura pubescens (China)
- Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex Steud.
- Maclura tricuspidata (Syn.: Cudrania tricuspidata, Cudrania triloba) (China)
[edit] Formerly placed here
- Milicia excelsa (as Maclura excelsa)
[edit] References
- ^ "Maclura Nutt.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-16. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7108. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ Burton, J D. "Osage-Orange". Silvics of North America Volume 2: Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/maclura/pomifera.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
[edit] External links
Media related to Maclura at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Maclura at Wikispecies
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