- Other members of the family however, occur pantropically in general lowland and Afromontane forest, and in Africa for example there are species endemic to countries such as Cameroon, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Daphne " ( e . g ., " Daphnidium ", " Daphniphyllum " ) or " laurel " ( e . g ., " Laureliopsis ", " Skimmia laureola " ) indicate other plant families that resemble Lauraceae.