Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid.

Origin:

Scientific Synonyms: Ioxylon pomiferum Raf., Maclura aurantiaca Nutt., Toxylon aurantiacum Raf., Toxylon pomifera Raf., Toxylon pomiferum Raf. ex Sargent

Common names:

Ayac (1828) (7)

Bodark (1900, verbal corruption) (158)

Bois d'arc (1844-1937, French) (2, 20, 30, 37, 44, 78, 121, 124, 156, 158, 164)

Bois jaune (1814, French) (39)

Bowdark (1844-1923, verbal corruption) (30, 156, 158)

Bow-wood [Bow wood] (1818-1923) (2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 30, 34, 38, 92, 156)

Hedge plant (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Hedge tree (1898, Southwest MO) (78)

Hedge-apple [Hedge apple] (1923) (156)

Mingdsešta hi (1918?-1970?, Osage, smooth bow tree) (121)

Mock orange (1814-1923) (39, 156)

Nakitsu (1919, Pawnee) (37)

North American bow-wood (1900) (158)

Osage (1900) (158)

Osage apple [Osage-apple] (1806-1923, William Clark) (5, 33, 35, 92, 156, 158)

Osage-orange [Osage orange, Osageorange] (1834-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 14, 20, 34, 37, 38, 44, 50, 72, 78, 85, 92, 93, 97, 112, 121, 145, 138, 155, 158, 164)

Stinking wood (1828) (7)

Wild orange (1894-1936) (5, 75, 93, 156)

Yellow-wood [Yellow wood] (1818-1923) (5, 7, 10, 20, 34, 156, 158)

Zhon-zi-zhu (1919, Omaha-Ponca, yellow flesh wood) (37)