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In my Texas childhood we called Osage oranges "horseapples" and fed them to horses. I'm not sure how effective this was at dispersing their seeds.

I suppose that would depend on if the horses were free range or confined to a fenced field.

Fenced (generally fenced forest), but surely wider range than the tree itself could reach. If there had been mustangs I wouldn't have been allowed near them. What I mean is that I don't know if the horses ate the seeds, and if they did eat them, I don't know if they mashed them into a non-viable paste.

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