Rough macadamia - Macadamia tetraphylla ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Sub-family: Grevilleoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Macadamia tetraphylla
Common name: Rough macadamia

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Meru, Kenya - May 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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Northern Australia
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
nut
Harvest method:
ground gathering
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
1kg/tree
Yield top season:
20kg/tree
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
seed/nut
delicatesy
Medicinal
seed/nut
no effect
 oleic acid
60%/oil
67%/oil
 medicals
Lipids wood
(cold pressing
)
medium
macadamia oil
60%
70%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
very good
 nuts
Fodder:
inapplicable
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
fair
macadamia wood
 550ρ 800ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 1 credits 3,000 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • ornamental
  • oil

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Plant Details
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Meru, Kenya - September 2015 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
18
 m tallest
Crown width:
15
 m widest
Planting distance:
600
 cm
Row distance:
1,400
 cm
Growing speed:
slow
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Glomus intraradices
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
- No bacteria -
 N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 7 - 9 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
70
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
200
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Macadamia Plan

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 5m 1002.5 m 2,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -2°C 15°C 29°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 700 mm 1650 mm 2,600 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 6.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
6
 months
Seed weight:
300
350
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
  • Homoeosoma vagella
  • Amblypelta nitida
  • Amblypelta lutescens
  • Cryptophlebia ombrode
  • Eriococcus ironsidei

 Diseases:
  • Bacterial spot
  • Cucumber mosaic virus

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Store harvested seeds in water or in the fruit at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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Meru, Kenya(more photos) Mamelodi, South Africa - 05 October 2015
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Additional Photos
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