# Alseodaphne

Alseodaphne is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae, endemic to China and Southeast Asia. The genus has 96 species of evergreen trees to shrubs. They have bisexual flowers, a fruit stalk that is red, green, or yellow, and black fruit.

## Species

53 species are currently accepted. They are listed here alphabetically with author and species range:
* Alseodaphne albifrons Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* Alseodaphne archboldiana (C.K.Allen) Kosterm. – New Guinea
* Alseodaphne bancana Miq. – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
* Alseodaphne birmanica Kosterm. – Myanmar and Thailand
* Alseodaphne borneensis Gamble – Borneo
* Alseodaphne dura Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne elmeri Merr. – Borneo
* Alseodaphne elongata (Blume) Kosterm. – Sumatra
* Alseodaphne foxiana (Gamble) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne garciniicarpa Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
* Alseodaphne glauciflora Kosterm. – Sumatra and Borneo (West Kalimantan)
* Alseodaphne glaucina (A.Chev. ex H.Liu) Kosterm. – Vietnam
* Alseodaphne gracilis Kosterm. – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* Alseodaphne griffithii Kosterm. – Myanmar
* Alseodaphne habrotricha Kosterm. – southern India
* Alseodaphne himalayana Kosterm. – Nepal
* Alseodaphne huanglianshanensis H.W.Li & Y.M.Shui – China (Southern Yunnan)
* Alseodaphne insignis Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* Alseodaphne intermedia Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* Alseodaphne khasyana (Meisn.) Kosterm. – Eastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
* Alseodaphne kochummenii Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang)
* Alseodaphne longipes Kosterm. – Philippines (Samar, Mindanao, Luzon)
* Alseodaphne macrantha Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne medogensis H.P.Tsui – southeastern Tibet
* Alseodaphne micrantha Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Johor)
* Alseodaphne montana Kosterm. – Borneo (Sabah)
* Alseodaphne nicobarica (Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao) Chakrab. – Nicobar Islands
* Alseodaphne nigrescens (Gamble) Kosterm. – southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne oblanceolata (Merr.) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* Alseodaphne obovata Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* Alseodaphne owdenii R.Parker – Eastern India and Bangladesh
* Alseodaphne paludosa Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* Alseodaphne panduriformis Hook.f. – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne peduncularis (Nees) Meisn. – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* Alseodaphne pendulifolia Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne perakensis (Gamble) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne philippinensis (Elmer) Kosterm. – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Apo).
* Alseodaphne polyneura Miq. – Sumatra
* Alseodaphne ramosii Kosterm. – Philippines (Palawan: Mt. Victoria)
* Alseodaphne rhododendropsis Kosterm. – Vietnam
* Alseodaphne ridleyi Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
* Alseodaphne rubriflora Kosterm. – Myanmar (Myitkyina)
* Alseodaphne rubrolignea Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang) and Borneo
* Alseodaphne semecarpifolia Nees – southern India and Sri Lanka
* Alseodaphne siamensis Kosterm. – Thailand (Ranawung).
* Alseodaphne suboppositifolia Kosterm. – Vietnam (Kontum).
* Alseodaphne sulcata Kosterm. – Borneo (Sabah)
* Alseodaphne tomentosa Kosterm. – Borneo (Sarawak)
* Alseodaphne tonkinensis H.Liu – Vietnam
* Alseodaphne utilis Kosterm. – Vietnam
* Alseodaphne wrayi Gamble – Thailand and Peninsula Malaysia (Perak)
* Alseodaphne yunnanensis Kosterm. – China (southeastern Yunnan)

### Formerly placed here

* Alseodaphnopsis hainanensis (as Alseodaphne hainanensis)
* Alseodaphnopsis rugosa (as Alseodaphne rugosa)

## Chemistry

Perakensol is a phenanthrenoid that can be isolated from A. perakensis.