Sarcomelicope simplicifolia, commonly known as bauerella, hard aspen or yellow-wood,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands.

It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, male or female flowers arranged in small groups in leaf axils and fruit an oval to spherical drupe.

Sarcomelicope simplicifolia is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 18 m (59 ft).

[2][3][4] Bauerella was first formally described in 1833 by Stephan Endlicher in his book Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae and was given the name Vepris simplicifolia from specimens collected on Norfolk Island.

[2] The fruit is eaten by a variety of birds, including green catbird and white headed pigeon.