Very much nope: It’s theorized that during the Ice Age(s) it was propagated 
through being eaten by a now vanished species that was able to consume it.

- Allen Vander Meulen

> On Oct 20, 2023, at 10:13, Anne Warner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks. Is it edible? ATW
> 
>> On Oct 20, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Deborah Howe via Lincoln 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Anne —
>> 
>> What you found in DC is a fruit from the Osage Orange tree (Maclura 
>> pomifera). Osage Orange, also known in the Midwest as Hedge or Hedge Apple, 
>> is native to the south and Midwest US, and was often planted as hedges or as 
>> windbreaks on the Great Plains.
>> 
>> If you still have the fruit, give it a squeeze or scratch the skin and take 
>> a sniff; it has a pleasantly spicy smell.
>> 
>> Deb
>> 
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