Ginkgo

Green fan-shaped ginkgo leaves on a branch

One of the oldest tree species on earth, long planted beside Buddhist temples in China and now grown on city streets across Canada. Its fan-shaped leaves became one of Europe’s best-known herbal medicines for memory and circulation.

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