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Macadamia nuts were named after scientist’s best friend

Workers shell macadamia nuts at John Kathangu’s macadamia plantation in Kyeni area of Embu County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Macadamia nuts can be traced to New South Wales in Australia, where they were first consumed by Aborigines thousands of years ago.

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