Unusual Fruit?

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Unusual Fruit?

Question
When traveling from Nashville to Columbia SC, we stopped by a dam and spotted a tree that had a very odd looking fruit?.

It was lime green, very bumpy all over (like covered in beads all over), shape of a large orange, had a little sticky residue to it. Did not smell bad.

There were many on the trees and I got one on the ground and brought home. I have a picture of it if you would like me to send.

Answer
I'm pretty sure what you saw was a Maclura pomifera, or Osage orange (not really an orange). You can upload a picture if you want to be sure. See the link below to see a picture of it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Maclura_pomifera_Inermis_BotG...

Trey

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