11 Oct
2008
11 Oct
'08
9:29 p.m.
Although called the "Osage orange" it is not related to the fruit that we eat called orange. The Osage orange classification is: Order Urticales Family Moraceae – Mulberry family Genus Maclura Nutt. – maclura Species Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K. Schneid. – osage orange The fruit we eat called orange classification is: Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species: C. sinensis But I think we have now strayed far from math-fun On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Simon Plouffe <simon.plouffe@gmail.com> wrote:
That's exactly that, so it is a variety of oranges then,
I thougt we were invaded by these body snatchers...!
thank you for finding this.
Simon Plouffe