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Daphnandra melasmena

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Species of tree

Daphnandra melasmena
At League Scrub, NSW
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Atherospermataceae
Genus: Daphnandra
Species: D. melasmena
Binomial name
Daphnandra melasmena
Schodde
Synonyms

Daphnandra melasmena, commonly known as the socketwood, or black-leaved socketwood is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia. It grows on the more fertile basaltic soils, often associated with the white booyong. It is found from near Bowraville, New South Wales in the south to the Tweed Valley further north. A small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 metres tall with a stem diameter of 30 cm.

Daphnandra melasmena was first described by Richard Schodde in 2000, having been known previously as Daphnandra sp. D. The specific epithet melasmena is derived from the Ancient Greek, referring to the leaves and stems turning black on drying.

References

  1. ^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. "Daphnandra melasmena". APNI. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Daphnandra melasmena


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