Ginkgo biloba fruit!

[Arborist]

Never seen or smelt any before but whilst surveying in London there was a female tree within a line of males.

I squished the fruit a bit and they smell foul!

 

Any one else seen any female trees about?

[Al Cormack]

Like rotten eggs if I remember right?

[Arborist]

Worse than that, I had it all over my hand and had to get the tube!

[Goaty]

I picked some up in Kew about ten years ago they were frozen as it was late December. They thawed and stank.

I recently visited The Botanical Gardens - Best of Sicily Magazine

Botanical garden, it was impressive.

What stuck me was it said only Male Ginkgos where planted in public gardens because of the fruit. Yet elsewhere I've read until they mature you do not know:confused1:

[Arborist]

Yeah I guess the odd one gets through!

[Goaty]

Until it gets the saw treatment. Sexual discrimination in the plant world. Get rid of those dirty smelly females. what a childish attitude.

But it still exists in human society in various places.

 

Who in the wilds of China actually eats these nuts? A special squad of nasally blocked tree pandas perhaps?

[Darrin Turnbull]

There are some here in Berlin planted as street trees. which causes slippy paths

[benedmonds]

They had one in Christchurch NZ by the cathedral (not sure if its still there) they used to pick them from a MEWP as it made such as smelly mess!

[woodyguy]

in the 1980's much of Philadephilia USA had these as street trees. They stink of dog **** and are vile. I picked a few seeds up and they are still growing as trees in my garden.

[Arborist]

The fruits wer quite small, I have seen much bigger ones in a jar in a lab but I guess it's a young tree!