Macadamia integrifolia

Macadamia integrifolia
	Foliage and fruits
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Macadamia
Species:	M. integrifolia
Binomial name
	Macadamia integrifolia; Maiden & Betche

Macadamia integrifolia is a small to medium sized tree, growing to 15 metres in height. Native to rainforests in south east Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. Common names include macadamia, smooth-shelled macadamia, bush nut, Queensland nut and nut oak.^[2]

Description[]

Macadamia integrifolia leaves are simple, oblong in shape, glossy, entire with wavy leaf margins and are 20 cm long and 10 cm wide.^[3] The flowers are white or pink followed by woody, edible rounded fruits^[4] which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.

This tree is rarely cultivated for ornamental purposes.^[2]

It has been introduced to Mexico and has done well in the states of Michoacán and Jalisco.^[5]

The trees will survive in hardiness zones 10 and 11.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Forster, P., Griffith, S., Ford, A. & Benwell, A. 2020. Macadamia integrifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113180064A113310165. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113180064A113310165.en. Downloaded on 25 August 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Department of the Environment (2020). "Species Profile and Threats Database: Macadamia integrifolia". Department of the Environment, Canberra.
^ "Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)".
^ Hargreaves, Dorothy; Hargreaves, Bob (1964). Tropical Trees of Hawaii. Kailua, Hawaii: Hargreaves. p. 40.
^ Marisela Taboada & Rogelio Oliver Guadarrama. 2004. Cultivos alternativos en México. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas. AGT Editor S.A. Mexico City, Mexico. ISBN 968-463-120-0

"Macadamia integrifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
G. J. Harden. "New South Wales Flora Online: Macadamia integrifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.

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[1] Forster, P., Griffith, S., Ford, A. & Benwell, A. 2020. Macadamia integrifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113180064A113310165. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113180064A113310165.en. Downloaded on 25 August 2021.

[sprat-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Department of the Environment (2020). "Species Profile and Threats Database: Macadamia integrifolia". Department of the Environment, Canberra.

[3] "Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)".

[4] Hargreaves, Dorothy; Hargreaves, Bob (1964). Tropical Trees of Hawaii. Kailua, Hawaii: Hargreaves. p. 40.

[5] Marisela Taboada & Rogelio Oliver Guadarrama. 2004. Cultivos alternativos en México. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas. AGT Editor S.A. Mexico City, Mexico. ISBN 968-463-120-0

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Macadamia integrifolia

Foliage and fruits
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Macadamia
Species:	M. integrifolia
Binomial name
*Macadamia integrifolia* Maiden & Betche

Macadamia integrifolia

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