last of its blood line the silver apricot, ginkgo biloba
biloba from the latin for two lobed, the way the fan shaped leaves often devide in two parts.
in chinese, silver apricot, the colour of the fruit and its resemblance slight to apricots.
so peculiar a form of growth, once seen can't be unseen, no other tree stands just so.
silver apricot on the bough, silver apricot on the lawn, scented before seen.