Identify by Fruit

Fruit naked, without husks or capsules

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Fruit round and green, 2" to 5" in diameter, made of many small units that are packed tightly together
Osage Orange


Fruit oblong, large, fleshy and green, looking somewhat like a banana
Pawpaw


Single fruits 1/8" to 1/4" in diameter, with 50 or more closely packed into an upright mass
Staghorn Sumac
Dwarf Sumac
NOTE: Read both fact pages to separate these similar trees.


Fruit rounder or only slightly oblong, may be clustered but not packed tightly together; various sizes, but not at all like a banana

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