Ginkgo alias: white fruit, Gongsun tree, duckfoot tree, bushes, for the Ginkgoaceae, Ginkgo genus deciduous trees.

Ginkgo trees, up to 40 meters high, diameter at breast height of up to 4 meters; young trees bark shallow longitudinal fissure, the bark of large trees is gray-brown, deep longitudinal fissure, rough; young and strong years of the crown conical, the old is broadly ovate; branches nearly whorled, diagonally upward stretching (female plants of the large branches are often more than males to carry out);

One-year old long branches light tawny yellow, two years old and above become gray, and there are fine longitudinal fissure; short branches densely covered with leaf scars, black-gray, short branches can also be on the short branches.

Expanded information:

Ginkgo biloba is a light-loving tree species, deep-rooted, adaptability to the climate, the soil is wider, can be in the high temperature rainy and rainfall sparse, cold winters, the growth of the region

It can grow in acidic soil (pH 4.5), calcareous soil (pH 8) and neutral soil, but it does not tolerate saline and alkaline soil and excessively wet soil.

To be born at an altitude of 1000 (Yunnan 1500-2000) meters below sea level, the climate is warm and humid, annual precipitation of 700-1500 mm, the soil layer is deep, fertile and moist, well-drained areas of the best growth of the region and the peace *** in the soil is poor and dry, rocky slopes excessively humid places are not late to survive or poor growth.