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The nut so spoiled it demands a crack the size of a thumb to open.
means A round, hard-shelled, buttery-rich edible nut native to Australia, now grown commercially for its smooth, sweet kernel.
from Named in the 1850s by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in honour of his friend John Macadam, a Scottish-Australian chemist and physician — so the nut carries a man's surname rather than any description of itself. (No relation to John McAdam of road-paving 'macadam' fame; that's a separate Scottish surname entirely.) The Latinized ending -ia is the standard botanical way of turning a person into a genus name.
- shell strength
- Needs 300 PSI to crack open
- toxic to dogs
- Even a few cause weakness and tremors
- aussie native
- Only food crop domesticated from Australia
- slow grower
- Trees take 7 to 10 years to bear
- priciest nut
- Among the most expensive in the world
macadamia integrifolia — australian native species, produces smooth-shelled nuts commercially in hawaii since 1881
macadamia ternifolia — queensland native species, rougher shell, grown commercially in australia and south africa
hawaii macadamia nut industry — big island produces ~90% of us macadamia nuts, over 50,000 acres of plantations