Common names: ginkgo, maidenhair tree (Eng.); ginkgoboom, nooienshaarboom, vrekboom (Afr.); i-ginkgo (isiXhosa)
              
              
                                              Family: Ginkgoaceae
              
              
                              Kirstenbosch NBG Ginkgo A long-lived, tall, slender, sparsely branched ... and is used to make furniture, casks and for carving. Ginkgo has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries and ... of the seeds are a traditional Chinese food. The oldest ginkgo in Kirstenbosch was planted above the Cycad ...
              
              
                            
              
                                            
              
              
                13 / 06 / 2025 |  | Kirstenbosch NBG              
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