CAT-00053
Macadamia
Macadamia integrifolia
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Macadamia
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Grows in remnant rainforest.
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Nut / seed
- Latin name
- Macadamia integrifolia
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Macadamia
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Macadamia%20integrifolia | https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/bushfoodintro.htm; https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?lvl=sp&name=Macadamia~integrifolia&page=nswfl Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00053
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Rare, occurs in northern N.S.W. and south-eastern Qld.
- Plant family
- Proteaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Common bush-food crop
- Mature height
- Not confirmed; habit described in brief description
- Native states
- QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Source is a nursery catalogue overview; detailed species verification remains. Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use listing; species detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Winter fruit noted in NSW flora; cultivar timing varies.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Nut kernel
- Flowering season
- in reviewed flora.
- Brief description
- Evergreen nut tree with whorled leaves.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate; fruiting needs reliable water.
- Preparation notes
- Remove husk and crack shell; eat kernel of verified edible species/cultivar.
- Flower description
- White to pinkish flowers on long hanging racemes.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Good prospect with drainage and space; select known edible cultivar.
- Botanical description
- Tree 6–18 m high. Adult leaves in whorls of 3; petiole 6–18 mm long; lamina ovate to obovate, 6.5–14 cm long, 2–6.5 cm wide, glossy above, paler below, stiffly coriaceous, glabrescent; base very shortly attenuate; margin weakly undulate, entire to spinose; apices acute to obtuse, with a rounded tip or occasionally retuse, ± mucronate; midrib prominent below, flattened above. Conflorescence simple; rachis 8.5–25 cm long; bract ovate, concave, 0.5–5 mm long. Tepals 5–10 mm long, cream. Filaments 4.5–7 mm long, adnate to tepals for 3–5.5 mm. Anthers 0.7–2.2 mm long. Ovary 0.5–2 mm long; style 7.5–11 mm long. Fruit globose, 3–4 cm long, 2–4.5 cm wide; pericarp 2.2–6 mm thick. Seeds 25–31 mm long, 24–30 mm wide; testa 6–10 mm thick.
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Macadamia%20integrifolia Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Green husk surrounding an extremely hard smooth brown shell and edible kernel.
- Flora of Australia citation
- C.L. Gross. Macadamia integrifolia. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Macadamia%20integrifolia (accessed 2026-10-14). Copyright Commonwealth of Australia; CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). HTML formatting removed; species-level context added where noted. Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- 14/10/2026