THE SANCTUARY ESTATEgardens
Collection/Macadamia
Macadamia botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Macadamia integrifolia
Fruit · Medicinal

Macadamia

Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche
Eastern Australia
Fun factThe genus is named after John Macadam (1827–1865), a chemist and lecturer in Melbourne, Australia.

An evergreen tree of the protea family from the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia, grown for its creamy-white nuts enclosed in a hard, smooth shell inside a green husk. Drooping racemes of small, fragrant pinkish-white flowers hang among whorls of long, leathery leaves. Now grown commercially in many countries, it is assessed as Vulnerable in the wild.

Sourced · see Record tab
1on the estate
1carrying a tag
1sponsored
FamilyProteaceae
Spanish nameMacadamia
Also known asMacadamia nut, Queensland nut, Australian nut, Nuez de macadamia
Native toThe rainforests of south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
237South OrchardB17 June 2016Needs AttentionRachel L., USA

0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

Back to top