botanical record · discovered
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras · Chihkafo · Fenchelholzbaum · Ka'nhiákera's · Laurier des Iroquois · Menagwake · Mitten tree · Onö́sda’shä’ · Poor Man's Oak · Sassafras (EN); Gewöhnlicher Fieberbaum (DE) · Sassafrasbaum · Sassafrasso · Sassafrás · Sassofrasso · Silky Sassifras · Szasszafrász babérfa · White Sassafras · amerikansassafras
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, US(Appalachia), US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antiseptic
Science studied: 4-ALLYL-1,2-(METHYLENEDIOXY)-BENZENE, ALUMINUM, ANETHOLE, APIOLE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lauraceae
Scientific name: Sassafras albidum
Common names: Sassafras, Chihkafo, Fenchelholzbaum, Ka'nhiákera's, Laurier des Iroquois, Menagwake, Mitten tree, Onö́sda’shä’, Poor Man's Oak, Sassafras (EN); Gewöhnlicher Fieberbaum (DE), Sassafrasbaum, Sassafrasso, Sassafrás, Sassofrasso, Silky Sassifras, Szasszafrász babérfa, White Sassafras, amerikansassafras
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, US(Appalachia), US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
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- Catarrh
- Demulcent
- Dentifrice
- Depurative
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Fatality
- Gout
- Repellant(Insect)
- Kidney
- Massage
- Medicine
- Mouthwash
- Pediculicide
- Perfume
- Respiratory
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Syphilis
- Tea
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Viricide
- Weaning
- Cold
- /
- Carcinogenic
- Dentistry
- Eye
- Fungicide
- Hypertension
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- US(Appalachia)
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Demulcent
- Dentifrice
- Depurative
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- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Fatality
- Gout
- Repellant(Insect)
- Kidney
- Massage
- Medicine
- Mouthwash
- Pediculicide
- Perfume
- Respiratory
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Scurvy
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Syphilis
- Tea
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Viricide
- Weaning
- Cold
- /
- Carcinogenic
- Dentistry
- Eye
- Fungicide
- Hypertension
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Long-term demography and spatial genetic structure reveal mechanisms of Sassafras albidum population persistence through clonality. · 2026 source ↗
- Long‐term demography and spatial genetic structure reveal mechanisms of Sassafras albidum population persistence through clonality · 2026 source ↗
- First Report of Laurel Wilt Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum in Tennessee and Kentucky · 2020 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- 4-ALLYL-1,2-(METHYLENEDIOXY)-BENZENE
- ALUMINUM
- ANETHOLE
- APIOLE
- ASH
- BOLDINE
- CALCIUM
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CHROMIUM
- CINNAMOLAURINE
- COBALT
- CONIFERALDEHYDE
- COPPER
- D-2,3-DIHYDROXY-1-(3,4-METHYLENDIOXYPHENYL)-PROPANE
- EO
- FAT
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- IRON
- ISOBOLDINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- L-MENTHONE
- MOLYBDENUM
- MYRISTICIN
- NICKEL
- NORBOLDINE
- NORCINNAMOLAURINE
- PHELLANDRENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PIPERONYLACROLEIN
- POTASSIUM
- RESIN
- RETICULINE
- SAFROLE
- SCANDIUM
- STRONTIUM
- TANNIN
- TITANIUM
- TUNGSTEN
- VANADIUM
- ZINC
- ZIRCONIUM
- BORON
- D-CAMPHOR
- CITRAL
- DESMETHOXY-ASCHANTIN
- EUGENOL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- ALKALOIDS
- ASARONE
- BARIUM
- CAPRIC-ACID
- ELEMICIN
- GALLIUM
- LAURIC-ACID
- LEAD
- 5-METHOXYEUGENOL
- MUCILAGE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PHLOBAPHEN
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PROTEIN
- SAFRENE
- D-SESAMIN
- COPAENE
- SILVER
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- THUJONE
- 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALPHA-SELINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- AROMADENDRENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-PINENE
- BETA-SELINENE
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- DELTA-CADINENE
- GAMMA-CADINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- GERMACRENE-D
- LIMONENE
- LINALOOL
- METHYL-DECANOATE
- MYRCENE
- P-CYMENE
- SABINENE
- STARCH
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINOLENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- 1,6-GERMACRADIEN-5-OL
- (Z)-NEROLIDOL
- (E)-BETA-OCIMENE
- (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE
- (E,Z)-ALPHA-FARNESENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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