| Scientific Name: | Gymnocladus dioica |
| Common Name: | Kentucky coffee tree |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - central |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Green, Mar |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tree with upward arching branches (almost elm-like); leaves alternate, bipinnately compound, most 60-90cm long, 'leaflets' alternate, ovate, most 4-6cm long x 2-3cm wide, margin entire; Winter ID: rough hard bark with scaly re-curved ridges; buds superposed, globular, <2mm wide; terminal buds absent; leaf scars heart-shaped with 5 bundle scars. | |