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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.
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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Species
Macadamia Tree
Macadamia
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
Common Name: coohoy
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Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 84 products
- Energy
- 666 kcal
- Fat
- 67.4 g
- — of which saturates
- 11.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 16.8 g
- — of which sugars
- 8.1 g
- Fibre
- 7.6 g
- Protein
- 6.9 g
- Salt
- 0.47 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Research
517 papers- Exploring the Prospects of Macadamia Nutshells for Bio-Synthetic Polymer Composites: A Review.Polymers · 2023
- Macadamia nut effects on cardiometabolic risk factors: a randomised trial.Journal of nutritional science · 2023
- Challenges to optimal macadamia (Macadamia spp.) kernel quality in a changing climate.Functional plant biology : FPB · 2025
- Macadamia nut-specific IgE levels for predicting anaphylaxis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022
- Household Food Items Toxic to Dogs and Cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2016
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Wikidata facts
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- Macadamia integrifolia.jpg
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- 澳洲坚果属
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Article
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