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|accepted_name=Maclura
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=2: 233. 1818, name conserved
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|common_names=Osage-orange;bois d'arc
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Moraceae;Maclura
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maclura]]</div></div>
|etymology=for American geologist William Maclure, 1763-1840
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 393
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration"><b>Trees,</b> deciduous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap milky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Branches </b>with axillary spines.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Terminal </b>buds surrounded by bud-scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule fusion">stipules caducous, free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade texture"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate to lanceolate, not leathery, margins entire, never lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin architecture or shape">venation pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences:</b> flowers borne outside receptacle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;raceme architecture or fragility;raceme height or length or size">staminate inflorescences loose short racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;head density">pistillate inflorescences dense heads.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers:</b> staminate and pistillate on different plants.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;calyx shape"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: calyx 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen orientation">stamens 4, inflexed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;filament shape">filaments filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;anther dehiscence;connective height or length or size">anthers introrse, with short connective.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal quantity;outer sepal width"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 4, 2 outer sepals wider than inner ones;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary quantity;ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1, superior, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;style architecture;style shape">style unbranched, filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties=""><b>Syncarps </b>globose, 8-12 cm or more diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="syncarp shape;syncarp diam;calyx size;calyx texture">each achene completely enclosed by its enlarged, fleshy calyx.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America
|discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Maclura is a monotypic genus endemic to North America.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Maclura
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Moraceae
|distribution=North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_525.xml
|genus=Maclura
|anther dehiscence=introrse
|calyx shape=4-lobed
|calyx size=enlarged
|calyx texture=fleshy
|connective height or length or size=short
|filament shape=filiform
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|head density=dense
|inflorescence architecture=pistillate;staminate
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf-blade shape=ovate;lanceolate
|leaf-blade texture=not leathery
|margin architecture or shape=pinnate;entire
|margin shape=lobed
|outer sepal width=wider
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary position=superior
|ovary quantity=1
|raceme architecture or fragility=loose
|raceme height or length or size=short
|sap coloration=milky
|sepal quantity=2;4
|stamen orientation=inflexed
|stamen quantity=4
|stipule duration=caducous
|stipule fusion=free
|style architecture=unbranched
|style shape=filiform
|syncarp diam=8cm;12cm
|syncarp shape=globose
|tree duration=deciduous
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