Ginkgo biloba L.

Native Information

China Cultivated worldwide incuding parts of india in botanical gardens and urban plantations

Habitat

Habit

large deciduous tree, 20-35m tall long lived (can exceeds 1000years). Unique fan shaped, bilobed, bright green turning golden yellow in Autumn. Dioecious species male trees produce pollen cones, female trees produce ovules that develop into seeds with a fleshy outer layer. gray brown ,deeply furrowed in mature trees.

Uses

Leaves used in extracts for improving memory, congnitive function , and circulation, seeds used in traditonal medicine.ornamental use in parks , avenue. Culture/ historical considered a living fossil, with fossils dating bacl 270 million years. Symbolic in many cultures for longevity and resilience.

Seed

Flower

Fruit

Leaves

Bark