Gymnocladus Lam.

Coffeetree (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Trees, deciduous, unarmed. Branches robust. Leaves abruptly bipinnate; stipules caducous, small. Inflorescences racemes or corymbose panicles, terminal. Flowers whitish, actinomorphic, polygamous or plants dioecious. Receptacle discoid. Sepals 5, sub­equal, narrow. Petals 4 or 5, slightly longer than sepals, oblong, imbricate, innermost one sometimes absent. Stamens 10, free, shorter than corolla, alternately shorter and longer; filaments thick, slightly villous; anthers dorsifixed, opening by lateral slits. Ovary in male flowers reduced or absent, in female or bisexual flowers sessile, 7-or 8-ovuled; style straight, slightly thick and compressed; stigma oblique. Legume sessile, turgid, subterete, 2-valved, full of pulp inside between seeds. Seeds large; testa leathery; radicle erect, short.
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Plants polygamo-dioecious; fls regular, perfect or unisexual; hypanthium tubular; sep and pet each 5, nearly alike, inserted in a single series; stamens 10, distinct, alternately long and short; anthers versatile, longitudinally dehiscent; pods broadly oblong, woody, indehiscent, flat but thick, with a few large seeds separated by pulp; trees, without small twigs but with very large, bipinnately compound lvs; fls in terminal panicles. 1 e. U.S., 4 e. Asia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Gymnocladus world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22537-1
WFO ID wfo-4000016462
COL ID 4RST
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Synonyms

Gymnocladus

Lower taxons

Gymnocladus chinensis Gymnocladus angustifolius Gymnocladus burmanicus Gymnocladus assamicus Gymnocladus guangxiensis Gymnocladus dioica Gymnocladus dioicus