Sassafras
Sassafras
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. The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
sassafras
speciesSassafras albidum
Chinese Sassafras
speciesSassafras tzumu
Taiwan sassafras
speciesSassafras randaiense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Medicinal History of the Things Brought from Our West Indies
Nicolás Monardes · 1574 · p.115
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.182
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.102
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.174
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.226
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.228
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54796.