Kentucky coffeetree
NativeGymnocladus dioicus
Pea (Fabaceae) · Other broadleaf · 60–80 ft
Knowing it
Huge twice-compound leaves, thick leathery pods and a coarse, bare winter look. Rich bottoms and slopes, scattered statewide.
What a tree company sees
Strong wood and few pests; seeds and pods are toxic raw.
Recorded in 65 counties
- Adair County
- Atchison County
- Barton County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chariton County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Cole County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Greene County
- Hickory County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lincoln County
- Livingston County
- Maries County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Moniteau County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.