Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Doryphora sassafras

Common name

Sassafras

Family

Atherospermataceae

Where found

Rainforest and wet forest. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.

Notes

Tree to 35 m tall. Bark grey or brownish grey, longitudinally fissured and becoming scaly. Young stems brownish silky. Leaves smell like nutmeg when rubbed. Leaves opposite each other, 3–11 cm long, 15–40 mm wide, firm to leathery or stiff, glossy, hairless, margins shallowly to deeply toothed. Flowers with 4-6 white 'petals' each usually 7-13 mm long. Flowers usually in 3's. Flowering: winter to spring.

Was Family Monimiaceae.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Doryphora~sassafras  (accessed 12 January, 2021)