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The Kentucky coffeetree is a moderately fast-growing tree, and male trees are often grown in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes. The tree is typically fairly short-lived, healthy trees living from 100 to 150 years. [8] The Kentucky coffeetree sheds its leaves early during the fall and appears bare for up to 6 months.
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. [1]
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffee-tree) Hamamelis. Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-hazel) Hippophae. Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea-buckthorn) - introduced; Ilex (hollies) Ilex aquifolium (English Holly) - introduced; Ilex mucronata (Mountain Holly; syn. Nemopanthus mucronatus) Ilex opaca (American Holly) - introduced; Ilex verticillata (Common ...
Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Coffea species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia.The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are used to flavor various beverages and products.
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 ...
Latin America This is a hybrid of Mundo Novo and Caturra bred in Brazil in the late 1940s. [24] Catimor Interspecific hybrid Latin America, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, China [25] This is cross between Timor coffee and Caturra coffee. It was created in Portugal in 1959. [24] In India, this cultivar goes by the name Cauvery. [26] Caturra C. arabica
Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. [5] The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics, but include such temperate species as the honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) and Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus). It has the following clade-based definition:
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 ...