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Kentucky coffee tree


Entry Type:
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
Kentucky coffee tree
Myaamia Name:  
šoošookwalalaakanišaahkwa
Harvest Seasons:  
Fall, Spring
Habitats:  
Oak Forest including Oak-Hickory, Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic, Conifer Shrubland and Forest

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Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Costa, D. 2005 Use - Material

"ch8ch8c8inagan8injaki", beans from the fruit are used to play [games].

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food

Seeds eaten by William Francis Hale.

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat

Occurs in rich, moist woods in eastern and western Myaamia lands. 

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gonella, M.P 2003-2006  

šoošookwalalaakani is the term for the Kentucky coffee fruit, or 'berry'

Blair, E 1911  

Algonquians play the game of straws with seeds, probably taken from the honey locust tree or Kentucky coffee-tree.