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ginkgo
🗓 Season: October · November
🔍 When is it ripe?
Female trees only: fleshy, apricot-like fruit falls when ripe, emitting a very unpleasant rancid-butter smell. Wear gloves — the outer flesh causes dermatitis. The inner nut is edible; roast or boil after removing shells. Limit intake (toxins at high dose).
Female (fruit bearing) tree on the south side of the street. The 'nut' of the fruit can be cooked, and is commonly used in some Chinese dishes, such as congee.
The female of the species is commonly culled in the United States because the 'meat' of the fruit shares is host to the same odor compound commonly found in vomit (and parmesan cheese, interestingly), making for a smelly seasonal mess when the fully ripe fruit plops to the ground.
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