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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sassafras in English is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum cecidodaphne in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Sassafras in North America is also identified with Sassafras albidum It has the synonym Laurus albida Nuttall (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Rhodora (1936)
· Rhodora (1918)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· O Prirozenosti Rostlin (1825)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sassafras, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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