Ginco Biloba - Ginkgo Biloba - Gonkgo Biloba - Salisburia adiantifolia Ginco Biloba - Information and Resources on The Ancient Ginkgo Tree

Ginkgo Biloba From the Ginko Biloba Information Pages at GincoBiloba.com

Names: The Maidenhair Tree, Japanese Silver Apricot, Yinhsing, Kew Tree, Bai Guo,
Ginkgo Nut
Scientific Names: Ginkgo biloba, Salisburia adiantifolia, Salisburia macrophylla

The Ginkgo tree is thought to come originally from China and it is used in many herbal remedies to treat bad memory. It's called a living fossil because fossils of ginco leaves are quite common.

The Ginco tree usually grows 20-30m high with some specimens in China being as high as 50m with leaves 5-10cm long.

A mixed planting of male and female Ginkgos along Harlem Avenue in Riverside, Illinois
Photo: John Delano of Hammond, Indiana

Read more about the ginkgo tree here.

History of Ginco

The Ginco is often found in temple gardens of Buddhist and Confucianist temples and some planted trees in China is believed to be over 1500 years old. It is only found wild in two small areas of the Zhejiang province of eastern China but can be found naturalized in many places near cultivated trees.

Medical Use of Ginco

Ginkgo leaf extract is a commonly sold herbal remedy used to cure bad memory, dementia and tinnitus. The ginco is also part of traditional Chinese medicine and is believed to have aphrodisiac qualities.

Side effects of using ginkgo medications are usually mild but it is best to consult with a knowledgable physician if you also take other medicines or herbal supplements.

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Ginkgo 'Autumn Gold'

'Autumn Gold' is a fruitless male selection often used in urban areas becouse of its beautiful yellow color in fall and because it laks the stinking fruits of the female plant.

Ginkgo, How Do You Spell That?

It's not hard to imagine why Ginkgo is so frequently misspelled, It's a foreign word for western people with characters arranged in a way completely illogical to us.

Event on this page you can find a misspelling. Watch the headline and name of this site and you'll see it says "Ginco Biloba". That's a misspelling!

Now we did this on purpose as there is so many ginkgo extract peddlers on the Internet that it's hard to get noticed under the term "Ginkgo".

Did you see that? "Ginkgo Biloba" above is the right way to spell Ginco. See the list below for some other ways you can misspel Ginko

Ginco Biloba, Gonco Biloba, Ginkgo Balboa, Ginko Balboa, Ginko Beloba, Ginko Bilbo, Ginco Boloba, Gingko Biloba, Ginhko Biloba and so on...