Gingko
the Japanese name of a coniferous tree of the yew alliance, with very characteristic leaves, in form and variation recalling the leaflets of the maiden-hair ferns. The yellow, drupelike seeds reach the size of a walnut, and are largely eaten throughout China and Japan. The Japanese esteemed the tree as sacred, and planted it round their Chinese sometimes plant several male temples. The tree is dioecious, but the The tree is diœcious, but the and female trees close together, so that male and female flowers appear to arise on the same tree. which resembles a GINSENG (Chinese Gensen "that China as a medicine. It is the root of a man"), a root used in species of Panax (order Araliacex). P.
Ginseng of Chinese Tartary is similar to P. quinquefolium of North America, which is exported to China. The ginseng of Korea is most valued, and is carefully cultivated in that country. The root is GIOBERTI mucilaginous, sweetish, also slightly bitter and aromatic.