Introduction to Ginkgo biloba About Ginkgo biloba

1. Ginkgo biloba (scientific name: ginkgo biloba. ) is a deciduous tree of ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba is a deciduous tree with a DBH of 4 meters. The bark of young trees is nearly smooth, light gray, and the bark of big trees is grayish brown, irregular and rough longitudinally. There are long branches and slow-growing short branches. The crowns of young and mature trees are conical, while the crowns of old trees are roughly oval. Branches are nearly whorled and extend obliquely upward (large branches of female plants are often more developed than those of male plants).

2. Ginkgo tree is also called Baiguoshu, and it was also called Duck Foot Tree or Gongsun Tree in ancient times. It is one of the most precious tree species in the world and the only remaining ancient ginkgo plant species on the earth. Therefore, botanists regard it as a "living fossil" in the plant kingdom, and it is also known as the four major garden trees in the world with cedar, Aralia elata and Pinus yunnanensis. Gardeners in China often compare Ginkgo biloba with peony and orchid, and regard it as the three treasures of gardens and the national tree.

Ginkgo trees are tall and straight, and wood is a high-grade material for making musical instruments and furniture. Ginkgo wood is of high quality and low price, and is known as "silver fragrant wood" or "silver wood". Ginkgo wood has luster, straight texture, fine structure, easy processing, no cracking, strong corrosion resistance, easy painting, low nail digging power, special medicinal flavor and strong insect resistance.