The only specie of the genus Ginkgo, family Ginkgoacea. It is the source of extracts of medicinal interest, especially Egb 761. Ginkgo may refer to the genus or species.
    

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Ginkgo leaf

[Leaflet advertising Bioforce (UK) Ltd.'s fresh herb tincture of ginkgo for better circulation].

Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.

Ginkgo berry

Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba): branch with leaves and a fruit. Watercolour.

Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / Peter Crane ; with a foreword by Peter Raven.

Ginkgo : Ur-Baum und Arzneipflanze Mythos, Dichtung und Kunst / herausgegeben von Maria Schmid, Helga Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth.

Ancient medicine / by Desmond Corrigan.

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Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / Peter Crane ; with a foreword by Peter Raven.

Ginkgo leaf

Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba): branch with leaves and a fruit. Watercolour.

Ginkgo : Ur-Baum und Arzneipflanze Mythos, Dichtung und Kunst / herausgegeben von Maria Schmid, Helga Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth.

Ancient medicine / by Desmond Corrigan.