Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Gymnocladus dioica Tree


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Gymnocladus dioica. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Kentucky Coffee Tree

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tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs

size: Tall forest trees (above 10m)

leaf type: Composite leaves

leaf colour: Leaves green, Trees and shrubs with good autumn colour

Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K. Koch, family Leguminosae Kentucky Coffee Tree
Native to eastern and central United States, where the seeds were supposed to have been roasted and ground to make a coffee-like beverage. Height to 33m (110ft). Male and female flowers open in June on separate trees: males are in bunches about 7.5-10cm (3-4in) long, females in bunches 3 times that size, each flower about 1.8-2.5cm (ž-1in) long. Leaves are branched, or bipinnate.

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