dioecious (male and female trees), can be bought sexed and the male is preferred to avoid the stinky mess.
Fruit
Fruit is produced on female trees and it is messy and malodorous. Starts producing seeds at about 20 years. The seeds are popular in some oriental cuisine and used as a medicine.
Leaves
simple, alternate, leathery, found in clusters on spurs, fan shaped, dichotomously veined, incised at the broad fan tip and dark green during the year, brilliant yellow in the fall
Dimensions
estimated 10-12 feet tall in 10 years, vase shaped, slow growing
Cultivar Origin
Duncan and Davies, New Zealand
Misc Facts
Ginkgo’s are true gymnosperms.
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr),