Daphnandra melasmena

Daphnandra melasmena
Socketwood at League Scrub, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Atherospermataceae
Genus:	Daphnandra
Species:	D. melasmena
Binomial name
Daphnandra melasmena Schodde
Synonyms
Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth. sens. lat. Daphnandra species D

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. Found from near Bowraville, New South Wales in the south to the Tweed Valley further north.^[1] A small to medium sized tree growing to 20 metres tall with a stem diameter of 30 cm.

Daphnandra melasmena was first described by ornithologist Richard Schodde in 2000, having been known previously as Daphnandra sp. D.^[2] The specific epithet melasmena is derived from the Ancient Greek, referring to the leaves and stems turning black on drying.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 9780958943673 page 85
2. ^ "Daphnandra melasmena Schodde". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=154328.