The sexual behavior of the ginkgo thus differs from that of the majority of other trees. Next, the ginkgo's sexual organs are rather unusual. The pollen-producing stamens are gathered in a kind of ...

Male trees produce pollen cones. These form long bundles light yellow to green in color. Pollen structures among leaves on a male ginkgo tree. (Modified from Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova [CC BY-SA 4.0]) ...

Male ginkgo trees produce small, catkin-like structures that release pollen. The fertilization process in ginkgo is particularly unique and primitive, more closely resembling that of algae than ...

Visitors take in the beauty of a 500-year-old ginkgo tree in Chenzhou, Hunan province. [Photo by Chen Weiping/For chinadaily.com.cn] A 500-year-old ginkgo tree in Chenzhou, Hunan province ...