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Macadamia allergy is a type of food allergy to macadamia nuts which is relatively rare, affecting less than 5% of people with tree nut allergy in the United States. [25] Macadamia allergy can cause mild to severe allergic reactions, such as oral allergy syndrome , urticaria , angioedema , vomiting, abdominal pain, asthma , and anaphylaxis . [ 26 ]
A tree nut allergy is a hypersensitivity to dietary substances from tree nuts and edible tree seeds causing an overreaction of the immune system which may lead to severe physical symptoms. Tree nuts include almonds , Brazil nuts , cashews , chestnuts , filberts/hazelnuts , macadamia nuts , pecans , pistachios , [ 1 ] shea nuts and walnuts .
For instance, allergy to buckwheat flour, used for soba noodles, is more common in Japan than peanuts, tree nuts or foods made from soy beans. [99] Also, shellfish allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in adults and adolescents particularly in East Asian countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand. [95]
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The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.
Macadamia ternifolia is a small multi-stemmed tree which grows up to 8 m tall. The narrowly ovate adult leaves are in whorls of three on a stalk which is 4–10 mm long. [ 3 ] Each leaf is 9–12.5 cm long, 2–3.5 cm wide and is dull above and paler below. [ 3 ]
The cashew tree is large and evergreen, growing to 14 metres (46 feet) tall, with a short, often irregularly shaped trunk. [2] The leaves are spirally arranged, leathery textured, elliptic to obovate, 4–22 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 8 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long and 2–15 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –6 in) broad, with smooth margins.
Macadamia tetraphylla was the first Australian native food plant to be grown by non-indigenous Australians as a commercial crop. The first commercial plantation of macadamia trees were planted in the early 1880s by Charles Staff at Rous Mill, 12 km southeast of Lismore, New South Wales, consisting of M. tetraphylla. [4]