| 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: | 15 - 22m 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: | |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | White, Green, Jun |
| Fruit: | Legume, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tree with upward arching branches (almost elm-like). 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. | |