[4] Like all species in the genus Daphniphyllum, D. macropodum is dioecious, that is male and female flowers are borne on different plants.

Each cluster has a pink bract at its base which initially encloses it; they have been described as being like "miniature tissue-wrapped bunches of grapes".

Female flowers have a single green ovary, 2–3 mm (0.1 in) long; they sometimes also have staminodes – nonfunctional stamens.

[5] When female flowers are fertilized, purplish brown fruits (drupes) develop, about 1 cm (0.4 in) long.

[6] Other sources, such as the Flora of China and the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), do not accept this placement.

[6] Among the middle Miocene Sarmatian palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin Austria, researchers have firmly recognized Daphniphyllum fossil pollen.

Key relatives of the fossil taxa found with Daphniphyllum are presently confined to humid warm temperate environments, suggesting a subtropical climate during the middle Miocene in Austria.

[7] D. macropodum, like other species in the genus, can be grown as an ornamental evergreen shrub or small tree, when its main attractions are its large leaves and pink-flushed new growth.