Fabaceae
Kentucky coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gymnocladus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- شجرة بن كنتاكي
- Armenian
- Գիմնոկլադուս երկտուն
- arz
- شجره بن كنتاكى
- Belarusian
- Гімнакладус двухдомны, Гімнаклядус двухдомны
- Chinese
- 白葉肥皂莢, 美國肥皂莢
- Czech
- Nahovětvec dvoudomý
- Dutch
- Doodsbeenderenboom
- English
- Kentucky coffeetree
- Esperanto
- Kentukia kafarbo
- German
- Geweihbaum
- Hungarian
- Amerikai vasfa
- Japanese
- ケンタッキーノコーヒーノキ, ギムノクラドス, ケンタッキーコーヒーツリー
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kentuckykaffe
- Polish
- Kłęk amerykański
- Russian
- Гимнокладус двудомный
- Serbian
- Гвоздено дрво
- Slovenian
- Rogovilar, Kentuckyjski kavovec
Synonyms
- Guilandina dioica L.
- Guilandina inermis Salisb.
- Gymnocladus canadensis Lam.
- Hyperanthera dioica (L.) Vahl
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: romana klee from usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: romana klee, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: romana klee from usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: romana klee from usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: romana klee from usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Homoarborea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lyudmyla Larioshyna, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.