Ginkgo candy

Japanese: ギンゴウカン

Also known as Leucaena julibrissin. A tall tree of the legume family native to Central America, usually evergreen. It has been migrated to Southeast Asia since ancient times and has become naturalized. The leaves are finely bipinnate, even-numbered compound leaves, with the undersides of the leaflets powdery white. A single, spherical, white flower spike, about 3 cm in diameter, grows at the end of a long stalk emerging from the leaf axil. The stamens are long and conspicuous, similar to those of the silk tree. The legumes are brown and flat, 10 to 15 cm long. In the south, it is used as firewood and charcoal and as fodder, but in horticulture, it is suitable for bonsai.

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Japanese:

ギンネムとも。中米原産のマメ科の高木で，ふつう常緑性。古くから東南アジアに渡り，野生化している。葉は細かい２回羽状の偶数複葉で，小葉の下面は粉白色を帯びる。径3cm内外の球形で白色の花穂が葉腋から出た長い柄の先に単生。ネムノキに似ておしべが長くて目立つ。豆果は褐色で扁平，長さ10〜15cm。南方では雑木で薪炭，飼料にするが，園芸的には盆栽に向く。

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