Endiandra palmerstonii explained

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. 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Williams . Cheryll J. . Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical Rainforest: Medicinal Potential of Ancient Plants . 2021 . . 360 . 9781486307593 . 29 September 2022.
2. Web site: Queensland walnut . 12 December 2018 . . 29 September 2022.
3. Tuechler . Anna . Transforming the inedible to the edible: An analysis of the nutritional returns from Aboriginal nut processing in Queensland's Wet Tropics . . November 2014 . 79 . 26–33 . 10.1080/03122417.2014.11682016 . 148394536 . 29 September 2022.
4. Web site: Flora of Australia, Volume 2 . . 29 September 2022 . 203.