Kentucky Coffee Tree
Scientific Name: Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch
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Family: Fabaceae ...
Kentucky coffee trees can reach 100 feet in deep, bottomland soil, but on upland sites it's usually half as tall. It's a sparsely branched, round-headed tree with little patience for twiggy growth.
Kentucky Coffee Tree belongs to a small genus of winter hardy, tall deciduous trees with large feathered leaves and terminal inflorescences followed by ornamental, large, flat seed capsules containing few, yet very large seeds.
Kentucky Coffee Tree
This tree needs room to grow since it spreads to 40 feet and reaches 50 to 75 feet tall. In spring, feathery foliage and fragrant flower clusters appear. Tolerates dry soil and urban pollution.
Gymnocladus dioica. KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE. Cental and Eastern US
LEGUMINOSAE ...
Kentucky coffee tree's rough ridged bark was once used by native healers to cure constipation!
Usage ...
Kentucky Coffee Tree [English]: Gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree [English]: Gymnocladus dioicus 'Espresso'
Kentucky Coffeetree [English]: Gymnocladus dioica
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 See also: Coffee, Green, Strawberry, Vine, Bean
  
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