Like many other trees from Australia, the macadamia thrives in Hawaii. Others suited to the Islands are many grevillea, melaleuca, callistemon and eucalyptus species. When it comes to our favorite nut ...

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Plant: Macadamia or Queensland nut, botanically Macadamia in many species and named varieties.Origin: Native to Australia. Characteristics: Evergreen leaves to eight inches long and two inches wide ...

Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says. Yet ...

Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. The most well-known species are Macadamia integrifolia and Macadamia ...

Tree planting is one of the most popular fixes for the climate crisis. Trees’ ability to store carbon dioxide and prevent its release into the atmosphere — and they are natural! — but they may not be ...

Australia’s nut trees have been added to the IUCN’s red list of threatened species as numbers in the wild dwindle ...

Biologists have developed a sophisticated plant genomic model, as part of a project to help conserve the critically endangered Macadamia jansenii. Discovered in 1982 by a Central Queensland farmer, ...