Claim: William Herbert Purvis introduced macadamia—a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia which are native to north eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland—seeds into Hawaii wherein he planted seed nuts that year at Kapulena.
Evidence: In 1882, Purvis introduced macadamia seeds into the Hawaiian Islands after he visited Australia. He planted seed nuts that year at Kapulena, Hawaii at , just southeast of the Pacific Mill. Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia, and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. They are native to north eastern New South Wales and central and south eastern Queensland.