Fabaceae - Bean Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 32
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Spring
The Kentucky Coffeetree leaves are described as being alternate, bi-pinnately compound. The leaflets are ovate shaped and two inches long. wedge-shaped or sort-of rounded at base, with wavy margin and a pointed tip.
I found some pods on the ground under this tree with some beans still inside. Did you know that the early settlers of our country used these beans to make coffee? They actually do smell a bit like coffee.
Summer
One of the three champion Kentucky Coffeetrees as found on the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org, is located in Montgomery, MD. It is 186 inches in circumference and has a height of 106 feet.
This incredible tree has large bipinnately compound leaves and leathery pods that stay on the trees for most of the year.
Fall
This Kentucky Coffeetree lives at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, North Carolina. ashevillebotanicalgardens.org
Winter
This Kentucky Coffeetree lives at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. NCArboretum.org
For the love of the trees,
Becky
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 32
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Spring
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| Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus |
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| Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus |
I found some pods on the ground under this tree with some beans still inside. Did you know that the early settlers of our country used these beans to make coffee? They actually do smell a bit like coffee.
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| Kentucky Coffeetree Pod |
Summer
One of the three champion Kentucky Coffeetrees as found on the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org, is located in Montgomery, MD. It is 186 inches in circumference and has a height of 106 feet.
This incredible tree has large bipinnately compound leaves and leathery pods that stay on the trees for most of the year.
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| Kentucky Coffeetree |
Fall
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| The Kentucky Coffeetree |
This Kentucky Coffeetree lives at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, North Carolina. ashevillebotanicalgardens.org
Winter
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| The Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus. Photo by Robert Priddy - www.RobertPriddyPhoto.com |
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| The Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus |
For the love of the trees,
Becky
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