Can you tell what this fruit is called?pic taken in northern dalmatia, croatia
>>2785487osage orange / hedge apple>maclura pomiferathe wood is dense & strong, and resistant to mold & pests; the fruit has no practical use however
>>2785488>native to the south-central United States.>M. pomifera is cultivated in Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, former USSR, and India.[this makes sense, since the oldest in my village know who planted it 50 yrs. ago but couldn't give it a name.thank You!
>>2785489>the oldest in my village know who planted it 50 yrs. agothats actually really cool, guess you gotta go tell them what it is then
>>2785487you can give the fruit yourself an original name we all have this right
>>2785488I think you can eat the seeds.
>>2785513it takes tons of work to process them, not worth it at all
>>2785487We call em crab apples. The cows love them. Supposedly they can choke on them but I've never seen it. They pick the entire thing in their mouth and crush it before swallowing.
>>2785529Crab apples are entirely different.
>>2785487Those are tennis balls
>>2785488>>2785516It is also used for scents.
Old wives tale states they can be used to ward off pests/insects when cut in half and placed in corners of rooms
>>2785487I used to chuck these at cars when I was a kid.
>>2785487Supposedly the wood from the trees that produce these is really good
>>2785487Nigga that's a Devil Fruit from One Piece obviously.
>>2785807The number of people make long bows out of them if they can't get yew
>>2785807>>2785879The wood also makes for good walking sticks/wardclubs/shillelaghs.
>>2785488The fruit of Maclura pomifera, also known as "osage fruit" or "osage wood", is edible but generally considered unappetizing. It has a very sour flavor and an unpleasant texture, making it unappealing for consumption. In addition, some people may experience adverse reactions after eating it.On the other hand, the fruit is more often used for its medicinal properties or as a material to make wooden objects, as the wood of the tree is very durable. It is therefore advisable not to consume it unless you are sure of its safe preparation and consumption.
>>2785902One of my favorite Woods is persimmon and that other one Hawthorne. One of my old bosses had a massive Hawthorne tree at his house that he was going to get knocked down and his son cut it down. Though it is considered bad luck to do so. Him being Irish he didn't believe stuff like this and, about 3 months later his wife filed for divorce. I took a whole bunch of that Hawthorne wood to do some wood turnings on I still have a few chunks of it. Good God that stuff is heavy and dense
>>2785959My friend was a woodworker metal worker and master Craftsman when it came to bows and crossbows. He came from Yorkshire in england. Some people there used Osage as a Hedgerow material. All you do is just dig a hole dump a fruit in and cover it up and few years later you'd have an instant row of hedges. And when they grew in they were virtually impenetrable to anything but a tank.The stuff also makes really good tool handles although it is very hard to shape. Hickory is a better choice.
>>2785959It's one of those Mega Flora trees in North America that was spread by now extinct species like giant ground sloths in the lake. Very few animals can eat this now so the range of these trees is shrunk considerably in the last 10,000 years as North American people wiped them out
>>2785487It's a hedge apple. We have them everywhere in the plains states because their roots grow really wide so they're resistant to wind and help bring it down.
>>2786007Squirrels eat the seeds out of them in my backyard
>>2785538People misnomer them crab apples frequently though. A lot of people call osage that.
>>2785487Growing up in western Pennsylvania I heard many people call them monkey balls. Not like it was kids claiming they resembled primate testicles, but adults using the term as if it were the actual name.
>>2786013But what supposed to happen is a giant animal like a sloth a giant bear or something is supposed to eat the entire fruit and then shit the seeds out someplace new. I've only encountered this tree once in my trips through the states though. I think I was in Kansas and I was looking at this row of trees I was wondering what it was and then I realized that had been planted there for about a hundred years and it was almost impenetrable Thicket that you couldn't get through. I was taking a close look at it because some card crashed into it earlier and was being towed out so I got to walk around while we're waiting for traffic to clear up and it didn't do hardly any damage to it.
>>2785487It's hard to eat and the flesh will burn you if you eat too much
