Some log furniture is made from exotic woods such as osage orange. The family includes well-known plants such as the fig, banyan, breadfruit, mulberry, and Osage orange. The Cahinnio were known for their superior bows, which they made from Osage orange wood. Slocum's company of the 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry behind another Osage orange hedge. Peterson and Fristad (2000) investigated folklore beliefs stating that osage orange fruit repelled insects. There was one Osage Orange (Bois d'Arc) tree in that house's backyard. Unlike many woods, Osage orange wood is durable, making good fence posts. The French name for the Osage orange, "" ( "bow-wood"), is sometimes rendered as "bowdark".