Macadamia ternifolia
(Queensland nut)

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

• Macadamia ternifolia F. Muell.

Preferred Common Name

• Queensland nut

International Common Names

• English: Macadamia-nut tree; Queensland-nut tree

EPPO code

• MCDTE (Macadamia ternifolia)

Taxonomic Tree

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• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Proteales
•                         Family: Proteaceae
•                             Genus: Macadamia
•                                 Species: Macadamia ternifolia

List of Pests

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Major host of:

Chloris barbata (purpletop chloris); Conogethes punctiferalis (castor capsule borer); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall)

Minor host of:

Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid); Armillaria tabescens (armillaria root rot); Emilia sonchifolia (red tasselflower); Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug); Rotylenchulus parvus (reniform nematode); Setaria pumila (yellow foxtail); Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Asian ambrosia beetle)

Host of (source - data mining):

Apomyelois ceratoniae (blunt-winged knot-horn); Cryptophlebia batrachopa; Thaumatotibia leucotreta (false codling moth)