Daphnandra
# Daphnandra

Daphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

There are six species, occurring in New South Wales and Queensland:

* Daphnandra apatela Schodde Socket wood, yellow wood, canary socketwood, satin wood
* Daphnandra johnsonii Schodde Illawarra socketwood
* Daphnandra melasmena Schodde
* Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth.
* Daphnandra repandula (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Sassafras, grey sassafras, northern sassafras, northern yellow sassafras, scentless sassafras, yellow sassafras
* 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 from the Greek for man.

