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Macadamia is an evergreen genus that grows 2–12 m (7–40 ft) tall.. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three to six, lanceolate to obovate or elliptic in shape, 60–300 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 –12 in) long and 30–130 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) broad, with an entire or spiny-serrated margin.
The nickname "Java almond" is a name casually given to the fruits of Canarium species members where their range includes maritime Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia. Although they are grown as ornamental trees in many areas of the Old World tropics of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, Indonesia and the Philippines ...
The name Proteaceae was adapted by Robert Brown from the name Proteae coined in 1789 for the family by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, based on the genus Protea, which in 1767, Carl Linnaeus derived from the name of the Greek god Proteus, a deity who was able to change between many forms.
Macadamia oil, also known as macadamia nut oil, is a non-volatile oil extracted from the nuts of the macadamia tree (Macadamia integrifolia), indigenous to Australia. This oil is used in culinary applications as a frying or salad oil, and in cosmetics for its emollient properties and as a fragrance fixative .
Pages in category "Endemic flora of the Philippines" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Macadamia tetraphylla was the first Australian native food plant to be grown by non-indigenous Australians as a commercial crop. The first commercial plantation of macadamia trees were planted in the early 1880s by Charles Staff at Rous Mill, 12 km southeast of Lismore, New South Wales, consisting of M. tetraphylla. [4]
There are over 137 genera and about 998 species of orchids so far recorded in the Philippines as of 2007. [5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today, [6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps. These massive trees were abundant to up to 1,000 meters above sea level.
Macadamia ternifolia (common names: small-fruited Queensland nut, gympie nut) [5] is a tree in the flowering plant family Proteaceae, native to Queensland in Australia, [2] [3] and is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act. [5] Macadamia ternifolia is a small multi-stemmed tree which grows up to 8 m