Common name: Japanse notenboom (NL) Japanske nutebeam, Sjineeske tempelbeam (Fryske) Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo (EN)

Native range: Southern China

Pollination: wind

Seed dispersal: birds (?)

Conservation: Endangered (IUCN, last assessed 1998)

The Ginkgo has been on earth since the time of dinosaurs. It is known as the lonely living fossil, as it is one of the oldest tree living species (350 million years) with all the species from the same genera extinct. It has very disticntive rounded shaped leaves that change from green to a beautiful color yellow in autumm.

USES:

Its is widely use as an herbal treatment for the properties of the ginkgolydes stored in its leaves.

The tree looks like this in winter

and the bark…

References and more information at:

Plants of the World (Kew Botanical Garden)

Plants for a future

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