African osage-orange

Maclura africana, also known as a thorny mulberry or African Osage orange, is a tree native to Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In South Africa it is found in the northeastern Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The tree's FSA number is 44.1.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of African osage-orange being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Maclura cochinchinensis
• Chaetachme aristata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Maclura

Species

Maclura africana

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