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'''Sassafras''' is a genus of three extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia.<ref name="int"/> The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.
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'''Sassafras''' is a genus of three extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae and it is native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.
  
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== Description ==
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
  
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Sassafras trees grow from 9–35 m (30–115 ft) tall with many slender sympodial branches, and smooth, orange-brown bark or yellow bark. All parts of the plants are fragrant. The species are unusual in having three distinct leaf patterns on the same plant: unlobed oval, bilobed (mitten-shaped), and trilobed (three-pronged); the leaves are hardly ever five-lobed. Three-lobed leaves are more common in sassafras tzumu and sassafras randaiense than in their North American counterparts, although three-lobed leaves do sometimes occur on sassafras albidum. The young leaves and twigs are quite mucilaginous, and produce a citrus-like scent when crushed. The tiny, yellow flowers are five-petaled; sassafras albidum and sassafras hesperia are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees, while sassafras tzumu and sassafras randaiense have male and female flowers occurring on the same trees. The fruit is a drupe, blue-black when ripe.<ref name="int"/>
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
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The largest known sassafras tree in the world is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and measures over 100 feet high and 21 feet in circumference.
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==Chemical Composition==
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Six monoterpenes, 2 sesquiterpenes, 6 allylbenzenes, 2 propenylbenzenes, 2 acroleins and 1 benzaldehyde derivative were identified. Eleven out of these 19 sassafras constituents are reported for the first time. However, 1′-hydroxysafrole was not detected<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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== Uses ==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
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*All parts of sassafras plants, including roots, stems, twig leaves, bark, flowers, and fruit, have been used for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic purposes, both in areas where they are endemic and in areas where they were imported, such as Europe. The wood of sassafras trees has been used as a material for building ships and furniture in China, Europe, and the United States, and sassafras played an important role in the history of the European colonization of the American continent in the 16th and 17th centuries. Sassafras twigs have even been used as toothbrushes or fire starters.
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*Sassafras leaves and flowers have also been used in salads, and to flavor fats or cure meats.
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==Properties==
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*Numerous Native American tribes used the leaves of sassafras to treat wounds by rubbing the leaves directly into a wound and used different parts of the plant for many medicinal purposes such as treating acne, urinary disorders, and sicknesses that increased body temperature, such as high fevers.
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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*Sassafras wood and oil were both used in dentistry. Early toothbrushes were crafted from sassafras twigs or wood because of its aromatic properties. Sassafras was also used as an early dental anesthetic and disinfectant.
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===Dravya===
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===Rasa===
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Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Herb}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple||The leaves may turn yellow while veins remain green in alkaline soils}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|greenish-yellow|5-20|Flowers that appear in clusters at the branch ends in spring}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit||7–10 mm|Yellow, weakly fragrant flowers in April; male trees are more showy|dark blue drupes|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Landscape Uses:Pest tolerant, Massing, Specimen, Woodland garden. Requires a deep, fertile, well-drained, lime-free, near neutral soil in sun or light shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Deciduous woodlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Thickets on rich sandy well-drained soils}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
  
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== References ==
 
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<ref name="int">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=129310  "Sassafras"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942200974806 "chemical constituents"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/sassafras-albidum/ "plant decsription]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Sassafras+albidum "Cultivation details"]</ref>
 
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</references>
  
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== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sassafras Sasafras albidum on science direct]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras Sassafras]
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* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=i820 Sasafras albidum on missouri botonical garden]
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* [https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/sassafras/what-is-a-sassafras-tree.htm Where Do Sassafras Trees Grow]
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* [https://www.gardeningchannel.com/how-to-grow-a-sassafras-tree/ Sasafras albidum on gardening channel informtion.in]
  
 
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Revision as of 14:31, 6 June 2018

Sassafras

Sassafras is a genus of three extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae and it is native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Six monoterpenes, 2 sesquiterpenes, 6 allylbenzenes, 2 propenylbenzenes, 2 acroleins and 1 benzaldehyde derivative were identified. Eleven out of these 19 sassafras constituents are reported for the first time. However, 1′-hydroxysafrole was not detected[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Agrimony


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple The leaves may turn yellow while veins remain green in alkaline soils

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long greenish-yellow 5-20 Flowers that appear in clusters at the branch ends in spring

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
7–10 mm Yellow, weakly fragrant flowers in April; male trees are more showy dark blue drupes {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Landscape Uses:Pest tolerant, Massing, Specimen, Woodland garden. Requires a deep, fertile, well-drained, lime-free, near neutral soil in sun or light shade[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Deciduous woodlands, Thickets on rich sandy well-drained soils.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "chemical constituents"
  2. ↑ "plant decsription
  3. ↑ "Cultivation details"

External Links

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