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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.
Cladrastis kentukea, the Kentucky yellowwood or American yellowwood (syn. C. lutea, C. tinctoria), is a species of Cladrastis native to the Southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama. The tree is sometimes also called ...
The fruit and bark contain a bitter chemical making them inedible to humans, although there are contested medicinal uses. [ 2 ] Until 2002, cascara was the principal ingredient in commercial, over-the-counter (OTC) laxatives in North American pharmacies until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule banning the use of ...
As it turns out, that daily cup of coffee is good for more than just a morning pick-me-up. We’ve rounded up some fun and surprising uses for coffee grounds—you know, in case you needed another ...
Coffee scrubs, face masks and But if you're limiting yourself to just drinking that cup of Joe, you're missing out on some of coffee's biggest beauty benefits. 9 Brilliant Beauty Uses for Coffee
The berries are edible, and the seeds inside have been used to make coffee substitute with limited success. [36] However, the bark of cascara, another member of the genus Frangula, is toxic. [37] Native Americans of the west coast of North America had several uses for the plant as food, and used parts of it as a traditional medicinal plant. [11]
Experts say that the window of 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. may be the best time to consume coffee.
Kentucky coffee tree, American coffee berry, Kentucky mahogany, nicker tree, stump tree Caesalpinioideae: Leaves, seeds, and fruit pulp contain low concentrations of a toxic alkaloid known as cytisine. Ingestion of sufficient quantities can cause congestion of the lungs, respiratory failure, coma, and death in both humans and domestic animals ...