skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.)

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Medicinal uses: Used to treat dementia and memory loss; enhances cerebral bloodflow

Part used medicinally: Leaf

Native origin: China

This plant is among those investigated by UIC College of Pharmacy researchers.

Ginkgo biloba L.

Photo: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago