{"id":60,"date":"2011-11-09T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/indianaplants\/?p=60"},"modified":"2011-11-09T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:35:45","slug":"golden-gingko-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/indianaplants\/2011\/11\/09\/golden-gingko-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Gingko Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week the Gingko trees are at their peak along 46th<\/sup> Street near the Butler campus.\u00a0 Legend has it once the first leaf falls, all the others on a tree will fall within 24 hours.\u00a0 Ginkgos are popular urban street trees because of their columnar growth form (they usually have one main trunk with short side branches) and because they are tolerant of pollution.<\/p>\n

Ginkgos are gymnosperms, the same plant group as conifers, pines and spruce etc.\u00a0 This group is considered more primitive than the flowering plants because their seeds are not produced within ovaries.\u00a0 The parallel vein patterns in the leaves are also considered primitive with in this group.\u00a0 The tree is sometimes given the common name maidenhair tree.\u00a0 You can use your imagination to figure out why.<\/p>\n

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Ginkgos, with their distinct leaf shape, were first known from the fossil record.\u00a0 They date back to the Jurassic, the time of the dinosaurs.\u00a0 They were rediscovered growing in remote mountain forests in China.\u00a0 They have been cultivated for centuries in Buddhist temple grounds.\u00a0 All our trees were derived from this seed stock.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ginkgo is unusual in that it has separate sexes, male and female trees, and that the difference is due to chromosomal differences.\u00a0 Male trees are usually planted because the \u201cfruit\u201d of the female is stinky when it falls to the ground.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard it referred to as smelling like rancid butter.\u00a0 Where I saw \u201cfruits\u201d on the ground yesterday, if they had been stepped on, they smelled just like dog poop.\u00a0 Despite that unappealing notion, younger fruits are a component of Asian cuisine.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen cans of them in local markets.<\/p>\n

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The Latin name is Ginkgo biloba<\/em>.\u00a0 The leaves are often notched into two lobes.\u00a0 The iconic leaf shape is a motif often used in jewelry.<\/p>\n

This tree is the source of the supposed memory enhancing herbal treatment of the same name.\u00a0 From what I have read, it has shown some promise in delaying cognitive decline in folks with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease but there is no evidence with will help college students cram for finals or me to find my car keys.<\/p>\n

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