Wild Gingko Trees Discovered in Southwest China
12/7/97
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Headline: Wild Gingko Trees Discovered in Southwest China
Source: CNN
Date: 12/7/97
Copyright 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. A Time Warner Company
CHONGQING (Dec. 7) XINHUA - A group of wild gingko trees on
Jinfo Mountain near Chongqing Municipality, in the
southwestern part of the country, are thought to be a
possible source of gingko trees.
The group of trees was discovered in the primeval forest on
Jinfo on November 27 by a group of Chinese botanists and
forestry workers. More than 500 of the trees are over 50
years old, and a dozen are more than 1,000 years old. The
tallest, at 26 meters in height and 11.6 meters in girth, is
over 2,500 years old.
According to county records, the earliest residents in the
area came during the later Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), only
about 100 years ago.
Gingko trees go back to the age of dinosaurs, over two
million years ago. Many foreign countries have imported
gingko trees from China.