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In the late 17th century, in which European city were the first seeds of the Asian Ginkgo tree, brought from Japan, planted?

Question #152048. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Apr 16 2025.
Originally posted Apr 15 2025 7:15 AM.

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Exact dates are not clear, but the first city was probably Utrecht. There is a tree there said to have been one of those planted in 1727. There is also one in Leiden, planted in 1785, which is currently considered the second-oldest European specimen.
In the western world, the tree became known through the German physician and traveler Kämpfer. He was part of a Dutch delegation to Japan in 1690 and found the tree species on the island of Nippon. Kämpfer published his description of the tree in 1712 and named it Ginkgo, and it took only 15 years before the first plants were introduced to Utrecht in the Netherlands. Ginkgo was introduced to England in 1754, to Austria in 1768 and to France in 1780. One of the first trees planted in Europe is found in Leiden in the Netherlands.

link https://www.uib.no/en/universitygardens/146973/ginkgo-biloba

Response last updated by looney_tunes on Apr 16 2025.
Apr 15 2025, 10:57 PM
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