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Bodark Osage-orange hedge apple or monkey-brain tree all refer to Maclura pomifera a native tree of great utility.
Bodark wood. Great for Bonsi Home Trees. Splitting leads to exposure of the insides of the wood to air and. This species was also widely distributed and planted to make hedgerows and livestock pens prior to the invention of barbed wire.
My ranch entrance is built solely out of Bodark and quite unique. The wood of the Hedge or Bodark Treeis the hardest wood found in North America. Just learned that today when looking at some wood for sale in San Marcos Texas.
The tree is commonly called bodark which is derived from a French word meaning bow wood Now besides firewood the tree is commonly used for fence posts because it can be buried in the ground for decades without rotting or being attacked by insects. Bodark in my opinion is the best wood in Texas with White Oak as my second favorite. Grew up in the Mesquite and Cedar brush of South Texas but now have a place where some timber still exist.
In certain areas of Arkansas Oklahoma and eastern Texas the tree grows naturally producing a wrinkled bumpy apple that smells like oranges. The common name bois darc is French for bow-wood a reference to the use by Native Americans for bows and war clubs. Texas people use the name bodark which is an obvious version of the Bois- Darc.
The wood of Osage-orange is extremely strong and rot resistant. It makes long-lived fence posts. Bodark is a hard wood and results in a beautiful finish.
The thorny tree was once widely planted as a natural fence in the Midwest. Split the wood while its green is a saying we have all known since the dawn of time. Cowboys just said bodark.
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