Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gymnocladus dioicus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gymnocladus dioicus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-07-001:
Gymnocladus dioica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Kentucky Coffee-tree
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gydi_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_dioicus_12
June
Leaves bipinnately compound, except once-pinnately compound at rachis base, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of trees
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gymnocladus_dioicus_4
June
Bark thick, with narrow scaly ridges, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140816_637
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
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JK Marlow jkm081110_030
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
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JK Marlow jkm081110_032
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Fruit a brown legume 3-7" long, with large hard rounded seed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm081110_035
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Fruit pods hard, leathery, falling without opening, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.