Macadamia nut (Macadamia integrifolia)

Macadamia nut (Macadamia integrifolia) is a species of plant in the Proteaceae, small or medium tree, up to 15 meters high, cylindrical stem, many branches, reddish brown bark, grows in forests, roadsides and plantation land.

M. integrifolia has elongated oval-shaped leaves, 20 cm long, up to 10 cm wide, 1 cm long stalk, dark green and shiny upper side, pale green lower side, a vein in the middle and linear, sharp tip, sharp-toothed margin or toothless.

The flowers are in long panicles. The fruit is round or oval with a sharp tip, 4 cm long, young is dark green, old is brown. The outer fruit skin is up to 0.5 cm thick. The seeds are protected by a hard brown shell. Seeds are white.

Seeds are edible. The seeds are boiled into camilah beans.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Macadamiinae
Genus: Macadamia F.Muell. in Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 2: 72 (1858)
Species: Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 21: 624 (1896)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Macadamia ternifolia var. integrifolia (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 24: 150 (1900)

PUBLICATIONS

Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Australia 16: 1-522. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.M. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2006). Flora Zambesiaca 9(3): 1-277. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (Simplified): 全缘叶澳洲坚果
Chinese (Traditional): 全緣葉澳洲堅果
Dutch: Macadamianoot
English: Macadamia Tree, Bauple Nut, Queensland Nut, Nut Oak, Macadamia Nut, Bush Nut
Finnish: pähkinämakadamia
French: Noyer du Queensland
German: Macadamianuss
Hebrew: אגוז מקדמיה
Indonesia: Makadamia
Japanese: マカダミア
Lithuanian: Plačialapė makadamija
Portuguese: Macadâmia
Queensland: Queensland Nut
Russian: Орех макадамия
Slovak: Makadámia celistvolistá
Spanish: Nuez de Macadamia

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