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|accepted_name=Maclura
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=2: 233. 1818, name conserved
}}
|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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous; sap milky. <b>Branches</b> with axillary spines. <b>Terminal</b> buds surrounded by bud scales. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipules caducous, free. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to lanceolate, not leathery, margins entire, never lobed; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers borne outside receptacle; staminate inflorescences loose short racemes; pistillate inflorescences dense heads. <b>Flowers</b>: staminate and pistillate on different plants. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx 4-lobed; stamens 4, inflexed; filaments filiform; anthers introrse, with short connective. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 4, 2 outer sepals wider than inner ones; ovary 1, superior, 1-locular; style unbranched, filiform. <b>Syncarps</b> globose, 8-12 cm or more diam.; 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><i>Maclura</i> is a monotypic genus endemic to North America.</p>
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name=Maclura
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Moraceae
|distribution=North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=
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|genus=Maclura
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