''Macadamia ternifolia'' (common names: small-fruited Queensland nut, gympie nut)
[ is a ]tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
in the flowering plant
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family Proteaceae
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, native to Queensland
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in Australia
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,[ and is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act.][
''Macadamia ternifolia'' is a small multi-stemmed tree which grows up to 8 m tall. The narrowly ovate adult leaves are in whorls of three on a stalk which is 4–10 mm long.][ Each leaf is 9–12.5 cm long, 2–3.5 cm wide and is dull above and paler below.][ They are stiff, smooth and leathery, with slightly undulating margins and points at the tip.][ The midrib is prominent below, and slightly sunken above.][ Inflorescence is simple on a stem 5–18 cm long, with pink tepals 6–8.5 mm long, and filaments 4–7 mm long which are joined to the tepals for 0.5–6 mm and anthers 1–2 mm long.][ The ovaries 0.4–1 mm long and the style 5–10 mm long, and give rise to fruit which is 14–22 mm long and 13–22 mm wide.][ The seeds are globose to broadly ovoid and about 16 mm long and 12 mm wide and have a smooth shell about 1 mm thick.][
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See also
*Macadamia nuts
''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 comm ...
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Bushfood
Edible nuts and seeds
Crops originating from Australia
Flora of Queensland
Proteales of Australia
Trees of Australia
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
Plants described in 1857
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