Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Conifers, Trees, Edible, Poisonous, Tree
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
Dioecious, male flowers born on shoots as catkins (March-April); the female flower on a short pedicel bearing 1 or 2 greenish ovules.
Fruit
Seeds (only on female trees) plumlike, yellow-orange, the outer, fleshy pulp foul-smelling when ripe, the inner wall hard, smooth, and cream colored. (female trees bear the fruit) tan to orangish in color, plum like shape, actually a naked seed, extremely messy.
Order
Ginkgoales
Family
Ginkgo - Maidenhair Trees
Genus
Ginkgo
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