Scientific name: Gymnocladus dioicus
Other common name: coffeetree

Fun facts about Kentucky coffeetree

• Kentucky coffeetree pods and seeds were adapted to being eaten by extinct megafauna such as giant sloths. Since modern mammals do not eat and disperse them, Kentucky coffeetrees are not as widespread as they once were.
• It has the largest leaves of any native tree species in Canada.
• It got its name because early settlers in Kentucky would use the roasted seeds to make a coffee substitute.
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