Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Lasjia hildebrandii
Species of plant in the Proteaceae family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Lasjia hildebrandii, also known as Celebes nut, Sulawesi nut, Sulawesi macadamia or Hildebrand's macadamia, is a species of forest tree in the protea family that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its closest relative is Lasjia erecta, also a Sulawesi endemic.
Remove ads
History
The tree was first described in 1952 by Dutch botanist Van Steenis as a species of Macadamia, but was transferred in 2008, in a paper in the American Journal of Botany by Peter Weston and Austin Mast, to the new genus Lasjia.
Description
The species grows to about 14 m in height by 10 m across. It produces edible nuts.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs on the large Wallacean island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) in Indonesia, on well-drained soils in or near lowland tropical rainforest.[1]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads