维基百科澳洲坚果条目(英文):
Macadamia根据维基百科的介绍,我感觉把这种坚果称为“澳洲坚果”或者“澳大利亚坚果”更合适。澳洲坚果树是山龙眼科的一个属,这个属下有四个种,均原产于澳大利亚。
它的其他名字有 Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut, bauple nut, and Hawaii nut
其历史如下:
1828
Allan Cunningham was the first European to discover the macadamia plant.
Allan Cunningham是第一个发现Macadamia树的欧洲人。
1857
German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller gave the genus the scientific name Macadamia – named after von Mueller’s friend Dr. John Macadam, a noted scientist and secretary to the Philosophical Institute of Australia.
生物学家Ferdinand von Mueller 把这种植物命名为“Macadamia”。
1858
Walter Hill, Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, observed a boy eating the kernel without ill effect, becoming the first nonindigenous person recorded to eat macadamia nuts.
布里斯班植物园园长Walter Hill发现一男孩吃了这种植物的果核,而且没有出现不良影响。他成为非原住民中第一个记录吃Macadamia果的人。
1860s
King Jacky, aboriginal elder of the Logan River clan, south of Brisbane, Queensland, was the first k