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Sassafras albidum
  • Scientific Name: Sassafras albidum
  • Common Name: sassafras
  • Symbol: SAAL5
  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Sassafras
  • Family: Lauraceae
  • Family Common Name: Laurel family
  • Order: Laurales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
  • Flower Color: Yellow
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Texture: Coarse
  • Fruit Color: Brown
  • Fruit Color: Brown
  • Edible: yes
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  • Scientific Name: Sassafras albidum
  • Common Name(s): Sassafras
  • Edible: yes
  • Medicinal: no
  • Parts Used: stem, leaf


  • Logos
    13 Aug, 2008

    Description: This shrub or small tree bears different leaves on the same plant. Some leaves will have one lobe, some two lobes, and some no lobes. The flowers, which appear in early spring, are small and yellow. The fruits are dark blue. The plant parts have a characteristic root beer smell.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    13 Aug, 2008

    Habitat and Distribution: Sassafras grows at the margins of roads and forests, usually in open, sunny areas. It is a common tree throughout eastern North America.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    13 Aug, 2008

    Edible Parts: The young twigs and leaves are edible fresh or dried. You can add dried young twigs and leaves to soups. Dig the underground portion, peel off the bark, and let it dry. Then boil it in water to prepare sassafras tea.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    13 Aug, 2008

    Other Uses: Shred the tender twigs for use as a toothbrush.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    HOP
    12 Nov, 2008

    This wood is fine for smoking meat.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    horacehockey
    11 Jul, 2009

    Harvest sections of the roots just before the leaves come out. They make the best tea. I have also found that drinking about 3 cups of the tea repels mosquitoes.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    horacehockey
    11 Jul, 2009

    The above description above has no for medicinal value. Early pioneers, however believed that the tea help to thin the blood. I personally believe that true. Drinking a fair amount too quickly can make you feel a bit light headed. Easy to drink to much , too quick, as it tastes so DARN GOOD !!!!!!!!
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    your_comforting_company
    1 Sep, 2009

    the leaves can be dried and pulverized to use as a spice in soups. The roots contain safrole and banned its use as a tea in 1960 due to reports of liver cancer and other afflictions in lab animals and humans. In moderation is fine and is a good way to detoxify the liver. Can also be used as an anticoagulant
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    horacehockey
    11 Jul, 2009

    Current Rating: -0.5000

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    Sassafras albidum saplings AKA: Greenstick


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