Update March 20, 2019:  I forgot to change it.  It’s an osage orange.

A hedge apple, the fruit of an osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). It's structured sort of like a giant mulberry fruit, and is more closely related to mulberry and figs than it is to hackberry and hemp, though they have at times all been reckoned part of one family. . . . I have heard of people using the fruit (which contains sap rich in alkaloids, making it unpleasant to eat, maybe even a little poisonous), either to repel insects or to fight cancer. The only part of the plant i have used medicinally is the papery bark of the roots, which is blaze orange and can be decocted and filtered to make a wash for irritated and infected eyes. . . . The yellow-orange wood is really weather resistant, people use it for fenceposts (and use the tree itself to form a shrubby windbreak hedge along fencerows). It also has a high tensilt strength and coefficient of distortion, making it suitable for bowmaking. Bois d'arc (bow wood) is a name it shares with a few other plants used for this purpose. . . . #hedgeapple #maclura #weedtree #windbreak #bowmaking #herbalmedicine

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Адамово яблоко. Когда плоды лежат на земле, то похожи на теннисные мячики. Нападало много их, но несъедобные, к сожалению, разве что для снадобий годится. Подобрала несколько штук. . #адамовояблоко #маклюра #maclurapomifera #maclura (at Tapada da Ajuda - Agronomia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYET8ysDAP/?utm_medium=tumblr

Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid Gelso dei tintori . . #fruitofthemaclura #maclura #wildfruit #inedible #angrybeargram https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Hq7aoiETM/?igshid=gswfgrdysw98