Sassafras family
MONIMIACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Doryphora sassafras Sassafras Wyee, September 2007

Wilkiea austroqueenslandica Smooth Wilkea Photo: courtesy of Kath Vail, Inner Pocket, March 2011

The plants in MONIMIACEAE are the preferred foodplants of some Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Euschemon rafflesia

Thallogama corticola

Graphium macleayanus

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 19 March 2011)