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Australian Walnut

Endiandra palmerstonii

Also called Queensland Walnut, Black Walnut, Blacknut, Walnut Bean

Australian Walnut
Photo: Philipp Zinger, CC BY-SA 4.0

Endiandra palmerstonii is a large rainforest tree of northern Queensland, valued as a timber tree and once a food source for Aboriginal Australians. It is grown in warm, humid tropical conditions and is not a common houseplant.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, slightly acidic forest-type soil or peaty mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

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.

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

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Endiandra palmerstonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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