⚪ A population of gingkos in central China were thought to be the remnants from the Pliocene, but their genetic uniformity indicates that they were probably planted by monks a thousand years ago. Truly wild gingkos, direct descendants of the ancient ones, possibly grow in China's Qinghair-Tibet Plateau.
⚪ The Chinese have many names for the gingko tree, including tinxing (silver almond tree), bai-guoshu (white nut tree), yazhangshu (duck feet tree), gongsunshu (Yellow Emperor tree), fozhijia (Buddha's fingernail) and lingyan (eyes of the cosmic spirit tree).
⚪ Graphic images of the leaf are found in religious and civic artwork throughout Asia, such as on manhole covers in Tokyo, Japan, which depict gingko leaves with sakura flowers.
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