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[[File:Sassafras7.jpg|thumb|right|''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.<ref name="int"/> The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.
== Description Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}} ==Properties==*All parts of sassafras plantsReference: Dravya - Substance, including rootsRasa - Taste, stemsGuna - Qualities, twig leavesVeerya - Potency, barkVipaka - Post-digesion effect, flowersKarma - Pharmacological activity, and fruitPrabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), have been used for culinaryKashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), medicinalRuksha (Dry), and aromatic purposesTikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, both Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves may turn yellow while veins remain green in areas where they are endemic and alkaline soils}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|greenish-yellow|5-20|Flowers that appear 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 clusters at the branch ends in Chinaspring}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm|Yellow, Europe, and the United States, and sassafras played an important role weakly fragrant flowers in the history of the European colonization April; male trees are more showy|dark blue drupes|}} ===Other features=== ==List of the American continent Ayurvedic medicine in which the 16th and 17th centuries. Sassafras twigs have even been herb is used ==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as toothbrushes or fire starters.''root juice extract'' *Sassafras leaves and flowers have also been used in salads, and ==Where to flavor fats or cure meatsget the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.*Numerous Native American tribes used the leaves of sassafras ==How 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/cultivate==Landscape Uses:Pest tolerant, urinary disordersMassing, and sicknesses that increased body temperatureSpecimen, such as high feversWoodland garden.Requires a deep, fertile, well-drained, lime-free, near neutral soil in sun or light shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>*Sassafras wood and oil were both used ==Commonly seen growing in dentistryareas=={{Commonly seen|Deciduous woodlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Thickets on rich sandy well-drained soils}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig. Early toothbrushes were crafted from sassafras twigs or wood because of its aromatic propertiesjpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004. Sassafras was also used as an early dental anesthetic and disinfectant0.jpg</gallery> ==References==
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<ref name="intchemical composition">[httphttps://www.eflorassciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942200974806 "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/sassafras-albidum/ "plant decsription]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/florataxonuser/plant.aspx?flora_idLatinName=1&taxon_id=129310 Sassafras+albidum "SassafrasCultivation details"]</ref>
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== External Links == * [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sassafras Sasafras albidum on science direct]* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=i820 Sasafras albidum on missouri botonical garden]*[https://enwww.wikipediagardeningknowhow.orgcom/ornamental/trees/wikisassafras/what-is-a-sassafras-tree.htm Where Do Sassafras SassafrasTrees Grow]* [https://www.gardeningchannel.com/how-to-grow-a-sassafras-tree/ Sasafras albidum on gardening channel informtion.in]
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