ginkgo (biloba) tree 

(Pronounced gink-go)

Distinctive features

1. Two-lobed fan shaped leaves.

2. The leaves start green but then turn golden yellow.

3. The fruit of the ginkgo tree are fleshy yellow the size of cherries.

To remember the distinctive and main features of a ginkgo tree, use the following mnemonic:

Seeing a two fan shaped green leaf should remind you of two fans (biloba) being held by two guinea pigs linking their arms as they go (ginkgo) down the street. In the other hand they are holding a yellow ball (to remind you of a yellow sphere fruit).

Main Features of a Ginkgo Tree.

1. Distinctive two-lobed fan shaped green leaves.

2. The leaves start green but in the autumn the leaves turn golden yellow.

3. Fruits of the ginkgo tree. Fleshy yellow sphered fruit the size of a cherry.

4. The ginkgo tree.