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I was just recently reading an article about the osage orange! While its most popular use was definitely as that of a hedgerow, the wood of the osage orange tree is "unusually hard, durable, and resistant to rot." Native Americans used it to make bows because the wood was durable and flexible, allowing it "to bend and absorb shock without breaking."

[The Quirky History of the Osage Orange, Texas’s Ugliest Fruit](https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/osage-orange-histor...)