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Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.
It includes the inedible Osage orange, which is used as mosquito repellent and grown throughout the United States as a hedging plant. [3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants. [4] Maclura is closely related to the genus Cudrania, and hybrids between the two genera have been produced.
The Moraceae—often called the mulberry family or fig family—are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. [3] Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however, their distribution is cosmopolitan overall.
Pomiferin is a prenylated isoflavone that can be found along with osajin in the fruits and female flowers of the osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). [1]Pomiferin was identified and named in 1939 by Melville L. Wolfrom from Ohio State University. [2]
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Some species begin to form heartwood very early in life, so having only a thin layer of live sapwood, while in others the change comes slowly. Thin sapwood is characteristic of such species as chestnut, black locust, mulberry, osage-orange, and sassafras, while in maple, ash, hickory, hackberry, beech, and pine, thick sapwood is the rule. [14]