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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Gymnocladus dioicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-07-001:

Gymnocladus dioica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gymnocladus dioicus

 

COMMON NAME:
Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany


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image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p40

        

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_638

        

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gydi_001_lvd

        

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm220505_7572

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm220505_7575

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm220505_7577

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm220505_7578

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Bark rough & contorted, as if the body suddenly deflated, w the bark erupting in all directions, per Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007).

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_dioicus_12

June        

Leaves bipinnately compound, except once-pinnately compound at rachis base, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gymnocladus_dioicus_4

June        

Bark thick, with narrow scaly ridges, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm140816_637

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm081110_030

November    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm081110_032

November    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

Fruit a brown legume 3-7" long, with large hard rounded seed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm081110_035

November    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

Fruit pods hard, leathery, falling without opening, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

JK Marlow    jkm231123_6932

November    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Gymnocladus dioicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-07-001:
Gymnocladus dioica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnocladus dioicus

 

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Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Native in bottomland and riparian forests, mesic upland forests and woodlands, stream banks, swamp margins, often along rivers; also in disturbed areas, persistent and weakly spreading from horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare or waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnately compound: 10-14 pinnae
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white
Nearly radially symmetrical
4-5 petals
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish-black
Legume

 

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