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Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

Lauraceae

MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: Michigan to Maine, Texas to Florida) int MW Eurasia

MC ME SC SE

sci->hel hyg->xer acid

dr (dental poultice, insect repellent, oil kill lice, sassafras tea as a spring tonic) dr(ob) fd (chewing stick, infusion, roots bark: tea) fd(ob) (sassafras roots was one of the ingredients of root beer) fr fw ma (dye, oil: flavoring and scenting products such as soap and medicines) pl ti (boat building, boxes, containers, fence rails and kindling, furniture, kayak paddles, musical instruments, posts, slack cooperage) tx (sassafras tea now is suspected of being a carcinogen)

Laurus albida Nutt. Laurus sassafras L. Sassafras albidum Nees Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst. Sassafras triloba Raf. Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf. Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald

common sassafras; American sassafras, cinnamon wood, greenstick (USA); gumbo file; gumbo filé, mittentree (USA); red sassafras; sassafras (Canada, USA); sassafrax, saxifrax (USA); saxifrax-tree; white sassafras (Canada, USA)

sassafras officinal; filé, gombo filé; laurier des Iroquois, laurier sassafras, laurier-sassafras (Canada); sassafras, sassafras commun

Fenchelholzbaum, Sassafras (german); sassofrasso (italian)

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Latin name	Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: Michigan to Maine, Texas to Florida) int MW Eurasia
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci->hel hyg->xer acid
Use	dr (dental poultice, insect repellent, oil kill lice, sassafras tea as a spring tonic) dr(ob) fd (chewing stick, infusion, roots bark: tea) fd(ob) (sassafras roots was one of the ingredients of root beer) fr fw ma (dye, oil: flavoring and scenting products such as soap and medicines) pl ti (boat building, boxes, containers, fence rails and kindling, furniture, kayak paddles, musical instruments, posts, slack cooperage) tx (sassafras tea now is suspected of being a carcinogen)
Synonym	Laurus albida Nutt. Laurus sassafras L. Sassafras albidum Nees Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst. Sassafras triloba Raf. Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf. Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald
English name	common sassafras; American sassafras, cinnamon wood, greenstick (USA); gumbo file; gumbo filé, mittentree (USA); red sassafras; sassafras (Canada, USA); sassafrax, saxifrax (USA); saxifrax-tree; white sassafras (Canada, USA)
French name	sassafras officinal; filé, gombo filé; laurier des Iroquois, laurier sassafras, laurier-sassafras (Canada); sassafras, sassafras commun
Spanish name
Other name	Fenchelholzbaum, Sassafras (german); sassofrasso (italian)
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