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An individual instance of Maclura pomifera (osage orange)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/4-162
Notes:
This Osage orange tree between the iron fence and the east side of Calhoun Hall is the largest on campus. It makes the Top 30 list mostly because of its large diameter of 124 cm (49 in.). It's "only" 17 m (56 ft.) tall - about half the height of our tallest oaks. This tree was featured on pg. 22 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
Osage oranges have several distinctive features. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this particular tree is the orange inner bark that shows through where the bark is cracked. You won't see the strange lumpy green fruits under this tree, however, since it's a male.
Osage oranges have several distinctive features. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this particular tree is the orange inner bark that shows through where the bark is cracked. You won't see the strange lumpy green fruits under this tree, however, since it's a male.
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http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/4-162.htm
This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 2-411.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Maclura pomifera
(Raf.) C.K. Schneid.
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: osage orange
family: Moraceae
Identified 2006-09-06 by Steven J. Baskauf
Maclura pomifera
(Raf.) C.K. Schneid.
sec. Vanderbilt 1994
common name: osage orange
family: Moraceae
Identified 1994 by Robert Kral
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14717°, -86.80106°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2006-09-06
2014-08-26
The following images document this particular organism.
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 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | bark - of a large tree |