Feb. 12—Hawaii's congressional delegation on Thursday introduced bills to promote the health of macadamia trees, one of the state's most valuable crops. Hawaii's congressional delegation on Thursday ...

Like many other trees from Australia, the macadamia thrives in Hawaii. Others suited to the Islands are many grevillea, melaleuca, callistemon and eucalyptus species. When it comes to our favorite nut ...

Biologists have developed a sophisticated plant genomic model, as part of a project to help conserve the critically endangered Macadamia jansenii. Discovered in 1982 by a Central Queensland farmer, ...

Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says. Yet ...

Macadamia nuts can be traced to New South Wales in Australia, where they were first consumed by Aborigines thousands of years ago. In 1858, the director of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens Mr Walter ...

Macadamia nuts are one of Hawaii’s top crops, with 51 million pounds of the nuts harvested in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Select an option below to continue reading this ...