H2 Hinde Tree on Colliston, Gilston (Macadamia Tree)

H2 Hinde Tree on Colliston, Gilston (Macadamia Tree) is located in Gilston

Address: 926 Gilston Road, Gilston

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The H2 Hinde Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) at Colliston, planted around 1920, is rare as the parent tree of one of two Australian-grown, officially endorsed, macadamia cultivars. The H2 Hinde Tree is historically significant to the commercial development of the Australian macadamia nut industry, particularly its establishment phase from the 1960s to the 1980s. The H2 Hinde tree has played a key role in the success of Australia’s macadamia industry, first as scion wood, and in the last twenty years, as the parent of most rootstock used to propagate the large majority of commercial orchard macadamia trees in Australia. An orange metal tag, attached in 1948 by the Department of Agriculture & Stock, identifies the tree as a parent tree.

Queensland Heritage Register: YES
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