Basisdaten
description:
The Kentucky coffee tree comes from North America. The seeds can be roasted will be used as a coffee substitute. Raw, the seeds are slightly toxic. The Kentucky coffee tree is rare.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Gymnocladus dioicus
family:
Legume or pea or bean family (Fabaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
max. 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Kentucky coffee tree are green, pinnately compound with 6 – 18 leaflets. The leaf is up to 90 cm (35.4 in) long. The leaflets are ovate and 5 - 7 cm (2 - 2.8 in) long. The leaf margin is smooth.
leaf shape:
pinnated
leaf margin:
smooth
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
bright yellow
flowering:
May - June
blossom color:
greenish-white
blossom description:
The male flowers are greenish-white up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall, as corymb. The female flowers form a panicle up to 30 cm (11.8 in) in length.
gender distribution:
dioecious / unisexual
fruit:
Brown legumes to about 25 cm (9.8 in) in length with 6-9 seeds.
branches:
The branches are brown, thick, gnarled and hardly fine branched.
bark:
The bark is brown, deeply furrowed and scaly.
root:
Deep-rooting plant
location:
Sun
soil:
fresh-drained soils
ph value:
slightly acidic to alkaline
usage:
single tree, street tree (USA)