Mespilodaphne

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Mespilodaphne

|authority = Nees

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 9; see text

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Mespilodaphne Nees |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30027557-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 May 2025}}

|synonyms =

• Dendrodaphne {{small|Beurl.}}
• Sassafridium {{small|Meisn.}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Mespilodaphne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central and northern South America to northern Brazil and Peru.