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Ginkgo biloba

 
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Ginkgo biloba - coeden ginco, maidenhair tree, fossil tree
Image: Towler, Jac - NBGW
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Common name: coeden ginco, maidenhair tree, fossil tree
Family: Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo)
Distribution: China
IUCN Red list: Endangered
Hardiness: (H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form: Deciduous tree • Coeden gollddail
Usage: Medicinal
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Ginkgo (GING-ko): From Chinese words meaning silver apricot.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: biloba (bi-LOW-buh): Two lobes.
Persawredd / Fragrance: unpleasantly fragrant fruit
Description: A deciduous tree to 25m, conical when young, becoming more irregular with age. Leaves to 12cm in width, fan-shaped and often bilobed, turning clear yellow in autumn. Unpleasantly scented dull yellow fruits in autumn on female plants.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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