Daphnandra tenuipes, commonly known as the socket sassafrass, or red-flowered socketwood, is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia. It grows on the more fertile basaltic and alluvial soils. It is found from near Boorganna Nature Reserve near Taree, New South Wales to just over the border into Queensland at Springbrook National Park. It is a small to medium-sized tree featuring red new shoots and red flowers. It has dark green leaves, which are lanceolate or ovate, and measure 4–13 cm (1.5–5 in) in length and 1.5–3 cm (0.59–1.18 in) wide.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Red-flowered socketwood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Atherospermataceae
- Genus
- Daphnandra
- Species
- Daphnandra tenuipes
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