Macadamia
Sign in to saveMacadamia is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They are indigenous to Australia—specifically, northeastern New South Wales and central and southeastern Queensland. Two species of the genus are commercially important for their fruit, the macadamia nut (or simply macadamia). Global production in 2025 was . Other names include Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut or bauple nut. It was an important source of bushfood for the Aboriginal peoples.
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Macadamia is a genus of four tree species native to Australia that belong to the flowering plant family Proteaceae. Two species are commercially valuable for their nuts, which are eaten worldwide and were historically an important food source for Aboriginal peoples.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Macadamia Tree
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
Observations1,531
Groupplantae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Proteaceae
- Named after
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23 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Etymology
- Cultivation
- Cultivars
- Beaumont
- Maroochy
- Nelmac II
- Renown
- Production
- History
- Shelling
- Toxicity
- Allergen
- Toxicity in dogs and cats
- Uses
- Nutrition
- Other uses
- Modern history
- See also
- References
- External links
Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They are indigenous to Australia—specifically, northeastern New South Wales and central and southeastern Queensland. Two species of the genus are commercially important for their fruit, the macadamia nut (or simply macadamia). Global production in 2025 was . Other names include Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut or bauple nut. It was an important source of bushfood for the Aboriginal peoples.
thumb|Fresh macadamia nut with husk or pericarp cut in half thumb|Stages of a Macadamia integrifolia nut: unripe, ripe, husk peeled, deshelled thumb|Roasted macadamia nuts with sawn nutshell, one cracked open