Kentucky Coffeetree
Scientific Name:Gymnocladus dioicus


NOTES: Largest leaves of any tree in eastern North America, each being up to three feet long and composed of many leaflets. Large, woody pods used by early settlers as coffee substitute. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).

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Kentucky Coffeetree
Genus species: Gymnocladus dioicus
Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:White
Green/Brown
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson

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