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Patent Pending Ginkgo biloba, known as ginkgo or gingko and also as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It is thus a "living fossil", recognizably similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China,[2] the tree is widely cultivated and was introduced early to human history.