Macadamia tetraphylla L.A.S.Johnson

Small or medium-sized tree, usually with several trunks. Lvs in whorls of (3)–4, subsessile or shortly petiolate. Lamina 12–25 × 3–6.5 cm, narrow-oblong or oblong-obovate, very coriaceous, with undulate, spiny-serrate margins, glabrous except when very young; base ± truncate or broad-cuneate; apex acute or mucronate. Racemes ± = lvs, pendulous, composed of many small fragrant white fls. Peduncle and pedicels densely clothed in rufous hairs; fls in fascicles of 2–4. Perianth 8–10 mm long, rather densely clothed in appressed hairs outside. Anthers 1.7–1.8 mm long, > free portion of filament. Ovary and style densely clothed in rufous hairs. Fr. 2.5–3.5 cm diam., globose, apiculate; endocarp shining brown, thick. Seed large.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Aug.–Oct.