Daphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to eastern Australia.
There are seven species native to New South Wales and Queensland: Daphnandra apatela Schodde – Socket wood, yellow wood, canary socketwood, satin wood Daphnandra dielsii Daphnandra johnsonii Schodde – Illawarra socketwood Daphnandra melasmena Schodde – socketwood or black-leaved socketwood Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth. – socketwood or Manning River socketwood Daphnandra repandula (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – Sassafras, grey sassafras, northern sassafras, northern yellow sassafras, scentless sassafras, yellow sassafras (synonym of Atherosperma repandulum) Daphnandra tenuipes J.R.Perkins – Red-flowered socketwood, socket sassafras
The generic name Daphnandra refers to a similarity of the anthers of the bay laurel. Greek daphne refers to the bay laurel, and andros 'man'.
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