Question: What is the Bois d’Arc capital of Texas?
Answer: Commerce. “Bois d’Arc” is French for “bow wood” and refers to Maclura pomifera, a tree whose fruit is commonly known as Osage orange, hedge apple, horse apple, and even monkey brains.
Native Americans used its wood to make bows, and ranchers used it to make hedgerow fencing prior to the advent of barbed wire. The tree’s large, green fruit is not typically consumed by humans, and, despite its name, horses don’t eat it very often either.
