| Description | Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a massive tree with sizeable bipinnately compound leaves. Early settlers used seeds to make coffee. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3b-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dioecious, male and female trees, florets borne on pinnacles |
| Fruit | flat, wide, bean-like pod |
| Leaves | alternate, bipinnately compound leaves, may have up to 100 leaflets, can reach 36" by 24", fall yellow color erratic |
| Dimensions | 60 feet tall spreading up to 50 (can get larger), broad ovate forms narrow obovate crown |
| Propagation | seeds, germination benefits from stratification |
| Misc Facts | Leaves and seeds can be poisonous to animals, and plants also are very messy. AKA: Knicker Tree, Stump Tree, Luck Bean, Chicot, Coffee Tree |
| Author's Notes | When I brought a Kentucky Coffee tree leaf into class, the students were amazed at how large the leaf was. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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