Male and female flowers on seperate plants.

Category:

Shade Tree

Genus:

Gymnocladus

Species:

dioicus

Common Name:

Kentucky Coffeetree

Height:

60 to 75 Feet

Spread:

40 to 50 Feet

Habit:

Horizontal, ascending branching. Slow growth rate.

Zone:

3 to 8

Flower:

Greenish white, borne in large panicles. May.

Fruit:

Female tree has large black to brown seed pods.

Foliage:

Bipinnately compound leaves; late to leaf out; fall color is not showy