Family: Fabaceae

Scientific Name: Gymnocladus dioicus Espresso

Common Name: Espresso Kentucky Coffee Tree

Description

Espresso Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus) is a fast-growing, seedless cultivar with a better branching canopy than the species.

Plant TypeTrees Deciduous
Hardiness Zone4
Sunlightfull
Moistureaverage
Soil & Siteaverage
Flowersmale cultivar
Fruitmale cultivar, fruitless
Leavesalternate, bipinnately compound leaves, may have up to 100 leaflets, can reach 36" by 24", fall yellow color erratic
Dimensions55 by 40 feet (HS)
Propagationgrafting
Cultivar OriginSelected from a planting of specimens in 2011 at Davis, California USA. Introduced in 1993 by the Schmidt Nursery of Boring, Oregon USA. (#93)
Misc FactsGenus name come from gumnos meaning naked and klados meaning branch as the tree is bare of leaves for many months. Genus name means dioecious, having separate male and female plants. AKA-Coffee Tree
Notes & Reference#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson)
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