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fruit facts
A fruit that repels spiders and
cockroach
Dr Chiranjit Parmar
  Osage
orange (Maclura pomifera), also called hedge-apple or
horse-apple, is a fruit that grows in some parts of USA. This fruit
can repel spiders, cockroaches and mosquitoes. In earlier days,
Americans used to keep osage orange fruits under their beds to keep
away spiders and insects. These fruits contain a natural substance
called elemol which can repel spiders, several species of mosquitoes,
cockroaches, crickets and ticks. An insect-repelling device using
osage orange has also been designed for home use. This device was
granted a patent this year.
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