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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Ginkgo biloba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ginkgo (Chinese name). Syn., Salisburia. Often misspelled as "Gingko", and also known as the Maidenhair Tree. Ginkgoaceae, one of the segregates from the Coniferae. One species in northern China and Japan, the sole remainder of a more numerous tribe in geologic time; now widespread as a street and park tree and also prized for the edible seeds. Tall tree, with wedge-shaped deciduous lvs.: fls. small and mostly dioecious; pistillate fl. solitary, the single naked ovule ripening into a drupe; staminate fls. in slender, loose catkins: fr. a drupe about 1 in. diam., containing a very large lenticular seed or kernel. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Ginkgo seeds and leaves
Ginkgo mature seeds and autumn leaf colour
A closeup of a Ginkgo leaf
autumn leaves and seeds
Female gametophyte, dissected from a seed freshly shed from the tree, containing a well-developed embryo
Fossil Ginkgo leaves from the Jurassic of England
Ginkgo adiantoides Eocene fossil leaf from the Tranquille Shale of British Columbia, Canada.
Ginkgos along Harlem Avenue in Riverside, Illinois
Ginkgo leaves painted on an asphalt walkway to guide tourists to a ginkgo forest in Dongducheon, South Korea.
In South Korea, Sungkyunkwan University's logo is a ginkgo leaf. Its main campus features several gingko trees that were planted in 1519 and still stand today.
Ginkgo tree in autumn
Ginkgo as penjing in the Montreal Botanical Garden]]
Ginkgo pollen cones

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