''Gymnocladus'' (
Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith ''Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin'' in ; others, throughout. (also known as New Latin and Modern Latin) is the style of written Latin used in original literary, scholarly, and scientific works, first in Italy d ...
, from Greek γυμνὀς, ''gymnos'', naked + κλάδος, ''klados'', branch) is a small genus of
leguminous trees. The common name coffeetree is used for this genus. It includes six species native to eastern North America and southeastern Asia.
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Description
''Gymnocladus'' species are very large, deciduous trees with bipinnate leaves.
The greenish-white flowers only appear after long periods of warm weather. Very long legumes are formed that hang from the branches. The species of this genus are predominantly distributed endochorically.
Species
There are five species:
References
Fabaceae genera
Caesalpinioideae
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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