Product Overview
One of the most handsome of our native trees, the Kentucky coffeetree is a tall 60-80' deciduous tree with handsome, rough, scaly gray-brown bark and large 3' compound leaves which are divided into 3-7 pairs of 1-3" blue-green leaflets, greenish-white spring flower clusters (fragrant on females trees) become (on female trees) flattened reddish brown pods up to 10" long, Native Americans and early American settlers roasted and ground the seeds to brew a coffee-like beverage, giving it its common name, the picturesque branches of this open oval tree are lovely in winter after its yellow autumn leaves drop; seeds are very toxic prior to roasting and should never be eaten fresh off the tree; ours are unsexed seedlings. S/M