|origin = China
|status = cultivated
|english = "ginkgo"|french = "ginkgo"}} {{Box
|title = Uses summary
|color = lightgreen
* sacred tree of Buddhists, planted near temples
}}
== Description ==
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File:Ginkgo-biloba-male.JPG|male cones
== Popular names ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
| english English
| ginkgo tree, maidenhair tree / ginkgo nut, “white nut”
|-
| Ginkgobaum
|-
| dutchDutch
| japanse noteboom
|-
| italianItalian
| gingko, noce del Giappone
|-
| chinese Chinese
| 银杏 - yínxìng (« abricotier d’argent »), bái guǒ (« fruit blanc »)
|-
| japaneseJapanese
| ginkyō
|}
*See the etymology for [[Dictionnaire étymologique:fr:Etymologie des noms scientifiques##Ginkgo|''Ginkgo'']]
== Classification ==
== References ==
*Chauvet, Michel, 2018. ''[[:fr:Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires]]''. Paris, Belin. 880 p. (p. 282)
*Del Tredici, P., Ling, H. & Yang, C., 1992. The Ginkgos of Tian Mu Shan. ''Conservation Biology'', '''6''':202-209.
*Franklin, A. H., 1959. ''Ginkgo biloba'' L.: Historical summary and bibliography. ''Virginia J. Sci.'', n. s. '''10''': 131-176.