Macadamia

Description

Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae.They are indigenous to Australia, native to northeastern New South Wales and central and southeastern Queensland specifically. Two species of the genus are commercially important for their fruit, the macadamia nut  (or simply macadamia). Global production in 2015 was 160,000 tonnes (180,000 short tons). Other names include Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut, bauple nut and, in the US, they are also known as Hawaii nut. It was an important source of bushfood for the Aboriginal peoples.

• Fresh macadamia nut with husk or pericarp cut in half
• Macadamia nut in its shell and a roasted nut
• Macadamia nut with sawn nutshell and special key used to pry open the nut

The nut was first commercially produced on a wide scale in Hawaii, where Australian seeds were introduced in the 1880s, and for some time, they were the world’s largest producer.[5][6] South Africa has been the world’s largest producer of the macadamia since the 2010s.

• Macadamia nuts are high in healthy fats and may help those trying to lose weight. …
• Nutritional value.
• They lower heart disease risk.
• They improve metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
• They may prevent cancer.
• They protect the brain.
• They may prevent weight gain.
• They stave off hunger.