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.

[1] A small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 metres tall with a stem diameter of 30 cm.

D.[2] The specific epithet melasmena is derived from the Ancient Greek, referring to the leaves and stems turning black on drying.

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