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L’oranger des Osages

This unusual tree stands alongside the railway line. This species, which is not very common in France, is part of the mulberry family and was imported from the United States in the 19th century.

It owes its name to the tangy smell of its orange-sized fruits, which are inedible, and to the Osage people (an Amerindian tribe), who used the wood for their bows.