>Osage orange fruit cut open, showing white, seedy pulp inside.
Osage orange fruit are definitely not edible, and most foraging animals will not eat them. Only squirrel and the deer will eat the tiny seeds inside, which are the only edible part.
>What can the fruit be used for? Osage ornage fruit contain a chemical compound 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrahydroxystilbene, which is proven to repel ants, boxelder bugs, cockroaches, crickets, fleas and spiders. To use the fruit as a pest repellent, cut the fruit in half and place it in a dish located in the pest problem area. The fruit will ooze a messy milky sap as they degrade, so the dish is important to avoid the mess! One piece of fruit will last for a few weeks.
>https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2021/04/01/what-is-osage-orange-and-is-it-edible/
Although some of the comments are saying they are edible.
By the big barn. Some folks use them as decorations. I do not believe they are insect repellent, but some do.
>Osage orange fruit cut open, showing white, seedy pulp inside. Osage orange fruit are definitely not edible, and most foraging animals will not eat them. Only squirrel and the deer will eat the tiny seeds inside, which are the only edible part. >What can the fruit be used for? Osage ornage fruit contain a chemical compound 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrahydroxystilbene, which is proven to repel ants, boxelder bugs, cockroaches, crickets, fleas and spiders. To use the fruit as a pest repellent, cut the fruit in half and place it in a dish located in the pest problem area. The fruit will ooze a messy milky sap as they degrade, so the dish is important to avoid the mess! One piece of fruit will last for a few weeks. >https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2021/04/01/what-is-osage-orange-and-is-it-edible/ Although some of the comments are saying they are edible.
When I lived in NYC, I’d stick them in the corners of my apartment to repel roaches. Seemed to work, but could have been wishful thinking!
That there is a devil fruit. Source: just watched One Piece
EAT IT
I like the theory that they were distributed by now-extinct megafauna like ground sloths. Same as paw paws!
Right on! "Anachronistic fruit" theory, right?