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Today's #BackyardNature is the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera), also known as the hedge apple. Its softball-sized fruit, sometimes called "monkey brains", is the largest of any tree native to North America.
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@wesmorgan1 I heard they were food for the extinct megafauna. Now there is nothing left that will eat them. Occasionally, the dried fruit can be found in the basements of old houses due to a superstition that they repel unwanted visitors.
