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The Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), also known as American coffee berry, Kentucky mahogany, nicker tree, and stump tree, [4] is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Midwest, Upper South, Appalachia, and small pockets of New York in the United States and Ontario in Canada.
Gymnocladus (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς, gymnos, naked + κλάδος, klados, branch) [2] is a small genus of leguminous trees. The common name coffeetree is used for this genus. [ 3 ] It includes six species native to eastern North America and southeastern Asia.
The seedlings yank out easily—that is, unless you want more of this tree around for free. Height: 50-80 feet. Width: 25-40 feet. Hardiness: Zones 3-9. ... Kentucky Coffee Tree. Marty Baldwin.
Chhe 14:41, 17 March 2010 (UTC) I hear it was once the coffee bean tree, it is even on earlier flags of KY but once the big mining companies came in they did not want the Eastern Ky people to be able to make a living at selling coffee beans (only working in mines) and had them outlawed in the state of Kentucky so the state tree was changed to ...
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Notable trees include a Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), Japanese weeping cherry (Prunus yedoensis 'Shindare yoshino'), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) and some 300 year old white oaks (Quercus alba) that pre-date the founding of the college.
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