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Endiandra palmerstonii, popularly known as Queensland walnut or black walnut, is a rainforest tree of northern Queensland. It was named after the Australian prospector Christie Palmerston.[1]

Queensland walnut
Finished timber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Endiandra
Species:
E. palmerstonii
Binomial name
Endiandra palmerstonii
C. T. White, 1920

Queensland walnut has been used as a furniture timber.[1] It is also used to make guitars.[2]

The nut was an important food source for Aboriginal Australians.[3]

It was initially classified Cryptocarya palmerstonii by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1891, and received its present classification from his grandson C. T. White in 1920.[4]


References


  1. Williams, Cheryll J. (2021). Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical Rainforest: Medicinal Potential of Ancient Plants. CSIRO. p. 360. ISBN 9781486307593. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. "Queensland walnut". Queensland Government. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. Tuechler, Anna (November 2014). "Transforming the inedible to the edible: An analysis of the nutritional returns from Aboriginal nut processing in Queensland's Wet Tropics". Australian Archaeology. 79: 26–33. doi:10.1080/03122417.2014.11682016. S2CID 148394536. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. "Flora of Australia, Volume 2" (PDF). Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 203. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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[de] Endiandra palmerstonii

Endiandra palmerstonii ist ein Baum in der Familie der Lorbeergewächse aus dem nordöstlichen Australien.
- [en] Endiandra palmerstonii


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