Biology:Endiandra palmerstonii

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Queensland walnut
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Finished timber
Scientific classification edit
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

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 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

Wikidata ☰ Q15608060 entry