satin wood at Caparra, NSW
Identification history
| Daphnandra apatela | 21 Jun 2025 | JasonPStewart | ||
| Daphnandra apatela | 21 Jun 2025 | maznee | ||
| Unverified | 27 May 2025 | maznee |
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Pretty sure this is a Daphnandra but not at all sure of the species.
8 comments
JasonPStewart
wrote:
18 Jun 2025
@maznee . Good morning !
Looking into this sighting again, a possible candidate species: _Daphnandra micrantha_ (in its strict taxonomic sense).
Compare and contrast to alternative possible candidate species: _Daphnandra apatela_ .
Hence does this tree sighted here have:
• the midribs sunken on the upper surface of the leaves ?
or
• the midribs slightly raised or flush with the upper surface of the leaves ?
All the best,
Jason (Stewart)
References:
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Daphnandra micrantha_ (Tul.) Benth. : → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Daphnandra~micrantha
_Daphnandra apatela_ Schodde : → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Daphnandra~apatela
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024)
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .
Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
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.
Looking into this sighting again, a possible candidate species: _Daphnandra micrantha_ (in its strict taxonomic sense).
Compare and contrast to alternative possible candidate species: _Daphnandra apatela_ .
Hence does this tree sighted here have:
• the midribs sunken on the upper surface of the leaves ?
or
• the midribs slightly raised or flush with the upper surface of the leaves ?
All the best,
Jason (Stewart)
References:
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Daphnandra micrantha_ (Tul.) Benth. : → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Daphnandra~micrantha
_Daphnandra apatela_ Schodde : → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Daphnandra~apatela
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024)
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .
Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/
Computer (desktops and laptops) software:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
18 Jun 2025
@maznee . Great !
When you do, you may as well take with you the Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key page and have yourself a go at botanically keying this tree out to species .
Here: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Daphnandra
The reason being these closely related and superficially similar looking trees' species much more easily get botanically keyed out to species first hand in the field, rather by photographs per se.
Happy to confirm your first hand in the field results;
together with your comments about the specific question i asked above,
about the whether these leaves upper surfaces have midribs sunken, slightly raised or flush with the surface of the leaves laminas.
When you do, you may as well take with you the Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key page and have yourself a go at botanically keying this tree out to species .
Here: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Daphnandra
The reason being these closely related and superficially similar looking trees' species much more easily get botanically keyed out to species first hand in the field, rather by photographs per se.
Happy to confirm your first hand in the field results;
together with your comments about the specific question i asked above,
about the whether these leaves upper surfaces have midribs sunken, slightly raised or flush with the surface of the leaves laminas.
maznee
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Midrib is very slightly raised, so I guess it’s Daphnandra apetala. Thanks Jason.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
@maznee . Yay!
I'll let you do the authorial honours of identifying this your own sighting.
Then i will add the confirmation identification after double checking the botanical information references.
I'll let you do the authorial honours of identifying this your own sighting.
Then i will add the confirmation identification after double checking the botanical information references.
maznee
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Location information
- Coordinates 152.215958-31.708483
- Altitude 177.3m
- Places Caparra, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2025 01:38 PM Recorded on
- maznee Recorded by
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Collections
maznee NatureMapr Hunter Region Daphnandra apatela Other Trees Plants
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Less than 50cm Circumference of trunk
Species information
- Daphnandra apatela Scientific name
- satin wood Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 177.29m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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