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Gymnocladus
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Kentucky Coffee
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Upright, with coarse, ascending
branches forming a narrow, oval crown. |
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60-90 feet tall with a spread
of 40-50 feet |
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Flowers are
dioecious
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polygamo-dioecious, greenish white, bone in
large panicles (smaller in males). |
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Late May-early June |
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Leaves are alternate, bipinnately
compound, to 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, composed
of many leaflets, each being 2-3 inches long,
with an acute tip and entire margins. |
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Fall color is yellow to
golden-brown. |
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Bark is dark brown, with very
distinctive twisting, scale-like ridges and
plates. Stems are very thick, clubby with
prominent V-shaped leaf scars and superposed
buds. |
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Fruit is a large,
reddish-brown, leathery pod, 5-10 inches long, 1˝-2 inches wide, ripening in October, but
persisting all winter. |
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