Photo: Didier Descouens — CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Survives zone 8 through 9
Fig excellent; black mulberry rich and superb; che (Maclura) BLAND and insipid — a curiosity. Suckering · Sweet orange-red fruit ⚠ Caution: Legal note: illegal to cultivate, keep, trade or transport anywhere in the EU (Reg. 1143/2014, amended by (EU) 2025/1422, in force 7 Aug 2025) — EU readers cannot lawfully plant it.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Summer
- Mature size
- Suckering tree 10–15 m
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5 (lime-tolerant)
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs
- Pollination
- DIOECIOUS — needs male and female plants