Ginkgo Nuts from Jingshan

Ginkgo Nuts from Jingshan

　　Ginkgo nuts from Jingshan are a specialty of Jingshan County, Jingmen City, Hubei Province. The ginkgo fruits from Jingshan are renowned for their thick, fleshy kernels, making them high-quality dried fruit that is rich in nutrition, delicious in taste, and excellent both as food and medicine.

　　Ginkgo trees, also known as white fruit trees, are "living fossils" of the plant kingdom. Ginkgo nuts from Jingshan are produced in towns such as Yangji, Lulin, Xinshi, and Sanyang. The fruits are renowned for their thick, fleshy kernels, making them high-quality dried fruit that is rich in nutrition, delicious in taste, and excellent both as food and medicine. The ginkgo seed kernel contains starch, crude protein, nucleoprotein, crude fat, sucrose, minerals, and crude fiber, making it a premium tonic fruit. The "Jingyan" brand ginkgo won the Gold Award at the 15th China Food Expo in 2006.