Queensland Macadamia
Macadamia ternifolia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
How to identify Queensland Macadamia
Identify Queensland Macadamia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for edible macadamia nuts.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Whorled.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Proteaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Queensland Macadamia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Macadamia ternifolia
- Genus
- Macadamia
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Conservation status
- EN
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- WhorledrecordedThree or more leaves arise from the same point around the stem.“The narrowly ovate adult leaves are in whorls of three on a stalk which is 4–10 mm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The narrowly ovate adult leaves are in whorls of three on a stalk which is 4–10 mm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Queensland Macadamia itself; the rest are typical of the Proteaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“Inflorescence is simple on a stem 5–18 cm long, with pink tepals 6–8.5 mm long, and filaments 4–7 mm long which are joined to the tepals for 0.5–6 mm and anthers 1–2 mm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Queensland Macadamia itself; the rest are typical of the Proteaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Queensland Macadamia
A member of the Proteaceae family, Queensland Macadamia (Macadamia ternifolia) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It is grown in gardens.
Proteaceae
Protea/Grevillea family
Queensland Macadamia belongs to the Proteaceae family.
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