This native tree
is commonly known as
Gympie nut.
Macadamia ternifolia
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Proteaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Vulnerable.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is classified as Vulnerable.
Distribution between Goomboorian to Pine River (Costello, G., Gregory, M. and Donatiu, P. 2009. Southern Macadamia Species Recovery Plan. Report to Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra by Horticulture Australia Limited, Sydney.) Leaf blade apices acuminate, seeds 1.3-1.7 cm in diameter, kernel cyanogenic not edible (Stanley and Ross. 1986. Flora of south-eastern Queensland, Volume 2).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
