Australian Bauple nut tree

Growing to 18 metres, the bauple nut tree is a large native rainforest tree native to southern Queensland and northern New South Wales here in Australia. Leaves are leathery, glossy, long and narrow with serrated edges. Come spring and in to summer it produces panicles of creamy/yellow flowers that hang down. These then turn to edible nuts that take up to 9 months to mature.

Common names also used are macadamia nut, rough shelled Queensland nut, rough shelled bush nut and prickly macadamia. The macadamia is the only Australian native plant that has been commercialised and now grows
in many parts of the world. At one time Bauple Mountain in Queensland was home to the largest natural forest of these trees.