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Macadamia nuts (Macadamia intergricolia)



This nut, borne on an evergreen tree, is Australia's major contribution to the world's food supply. Also known as the Queensland nut, it got its name from a Scots chemist, John Macadam, in 1858. It was introduced Sri Lanka in 1868--and to the Big Island of Hawaii in the 1890s, where it continues to be produced there as a cash crop.