Daphniphyllum
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Daphniphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Daphniphyllaceae, including about 25 species, all evergreen shrubs and trees native to east and southeast Asia. In older classifications the genus was treated in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Daphniphyllum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Engrailed.
- Selected species
- Daphniphyllum macropodum - tree up to 10m; Japan, South Korea
- Daphniphyllum tejsmannii - tree up to 10m; Japan, Taiwan
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