Natural order , Leguminosae. Common names , Chicot, Coffee tree of Kentucky. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh pulp in the pods around the seeds. Authorities. Provings collected by Dr. C. Hering, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1, 1851; 1 , Charles Sellers ate a small portion of the pulp; 2 , same, took two doses each of about 1/6 of a drop; 3 , Dr. Hering, effects of exhalations while preparing tincture; 4 , same effects of handling the moist pulp; 5 , F. Husemann, proving (dose not given); 6 , J. Schmid; 7 , Schmid's son, Max; 8 , Dr. Daniel Jauncy took 3 drops of tinct. first day; 4 drops, second day; 4 drops, twenty-second day; 2 drops, twenty-third day; 6 drops, twenty-fifth day; 9 , Dr. J. R. Coxe, Jr., took tincture daily for ten days, 3 to 25-drop doses; 10 , Dr. J. E. Gross took 5 drops of tincture, fasting in morning; 11 , Dr. J. B. Munsey took repeated doses of tincture for four days, 3 to 30-drop doses.