The ginkgo, which has been registered as a natural monument, is 42 meters in height, 18.2 meters in the girth at the bottom and 15.5 meters in the girth at the middle. The tree bears more than 300 kilograms of fruits on a yearly average. It has two nipple-shaped knobs on its trunk. It is said that a knob comes into being once every a thousand years. The bigger one is 10 cm and the other 5 cm in diameter respectively. And they contain much starch.

This year the tree has produced unusually bumper fruits and dozens of sprouts shot out on its roots exposed to the ground.

President Kim Il Sung instructed officials to take a step to protect the tree during the Fatherland Liberation War and leader Kim Jong Il went round it during his field guidance in April 2003.

The Kumya ginkgo is of great scientific significance.

(KCNA, September 26, 2005)