Osage orange hits the market in summer; if you come across one, be sure to buy one

Hot summer is a great season for eating fruit. Some people choose a fruit based on its nutritional value, some based on how it tastes on the tongue, some based on whether the price matches their wallet, and some belong to the appearance association, liking fruits that look good. If you judge by appearance, you might never buy the fruit below. But if you come across this fruit this summer, you might as well buy one.

This rather rare fruit is the osage orange. The osage orange is a plant in the genus Maclura of the mulberry family, also known as the bois d'arc and horse apple, native to the central United States. Because its fruit looks like the shape of a brain, it is commonly called the monkey brain fruit. The appearance of this fruit is truly hard to praise, so many people who have seen it also call it the devil fruit in reality.

Although the fleshy fruit of the osage orange gives off a soft fragrance similar to the smell of watermelon, its appearance makes it look unappetizing, and the fruit is somewhat bitter. Although it is not strongly toxic, eating it accidentally will cause vomiting, so it is not suitable for human consumption.

Perhaps precisely because of this, the fruit of the osage orange has an insect-repelling effect and can be used to drive away spiders, cockroaches, fleas and so on. So if one day you come across this strangely shaped fellow, you might as well buy one and try it! Maybe this hot summer you can be bothered by mosquitoes a few times less.