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Although the winter habit of the Kentucky coffee tree is very course, it can be an attractive tree in the summer. It is one of the last to leaf out in the spring. The Kentucky coffee tree can be a tall tree, reaching a possible height of 100 feet.
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www.wcisel.com/plants/kentuckycoffeetree/index.htm
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Leaf of Kentucky Coffee Tree; G. Lumis; ... An unofficial state tree of Kentucky, the Kentucky Coffee Tree is closely related to the honeylocust. Known as a tough, messy tree, it is ideal as a shade tree on larger, ungroomed properties. It got its name because early North American colonists used the large seeds to make coffee.
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www.treehelp.com/trees/coffee-tree/gymnocladus-dioicus....
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Fabaceae (Pea) Family ... Click on image to see a full size copy. ... This page was last updated 04 Jun 2003.
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bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Fabaceae/Kentucky_Coffee_Tree_...
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This very rough, coarsely branched tree grows to a height of 40-60 feet with a trunk diameter of 3 feet. The bark is very rough, very light or dark brown, The Kentucky Coffee Tree is found from New York to Tennessee and west to Kansas. The seeds used to be used as a substitute for coffee and were called coffee-nuts.
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bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Fabaceae/Kentucky_Coffee_Tree....
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Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica ( L. ) Koch) ... Twice-compound leaves are arranged feather-fashion in 3-7 pairs of leaflets which are more or less ovalish without marginal teeth and 2-4 inches long. The tree is most easity identified in fall and winter for its large deressed leaf scars.
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www.library.illinois.edu/vex/toxic/kentucky/kentucky.ht...
www.library.illinois.edu/vex/toxic/kentucky/kentucky.htm
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A native of the midwestern United States, the slow-growing Kentucky Coffeetree reaches 80 feet tall and 50 feet wide in the open. As a member of the Bean Family, it is related to many other representative species, including Honeylocust, Black Locust, and Wisteria, among others. ... Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
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Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K.Koch; Kentucky coffee tree; Family: Caesalpiniaceae ... tree branch leaf fruit bark ... The only other Wisconsin tree with twice compound leaves, Gleditsia triacanthos, has ultimate leaf divisions less than 1 cm broad and blunt pointed, and it usually develops thorns. The fruit of Gymnocladus...
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www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/gymdio01.htm
www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/gymdio01.htm
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The Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus Dioicus, may also be known as American coffee berry, Kentucky mahogony, nicker treet, or stump tree. Kentucky Coffee trees are large round-barked trees belonging to the legume family and reaches heights of 60 to 100 feet.
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www.rosemagazine.com/marketplace/ornamental_trees/p4/
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Common name: Kentucky coffee tree ... Tree to 18 m (60 ft) tall and 50 cm (20 in) diameter. Bark thick, gray, rough, with narrow scaly ridges. Twigs long, thick, hairy when young, dark brown, with large heart-shaped leaf scars. Buds very small, hairy, brown, paired at node, no end bud.
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