Lauraceae
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Sassafras
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- السسافراس
- arz
- ساسافراس البيدوم
- Bulgarian
- Сасафрас
- Cebuano
- Sassafras
- Chinese
- 北美檫樹, 白檫木
- Czech
- Kašťa bělavá, Sasafras lékařský
- English
- Sassafras, Mitten tree
- Georgian
- Ანისულის ხე
- German
- Sassafrasbaum
- Hungarian
- Szasszafrász babérfa, Amerikai lázfa, Orvosi szasszafrász
- Japanese
- サッサフラス
- Korean
- 미국찰나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sassafras
- Polish
- Sasafras lekarski
- Swedish
- Sassafras
- war
- Sassafras
Synonyms
- Laurus albida Nutt.
- Laurus albida Loudon ex Meisn.
- Laurus diversifolia Stokes
- Laurus salsafraz Noronha
- Laurus sassafras L.
- Laurus variifolia Salisb.
- Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng.
- Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald
- Sassafras albidum var. albidum
- Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald
- Sassafras laurus Macloskie
- Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.
- Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake
- Sassafras officinalis T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.
- Sassafras officinarum J.Presl
- Sassafras rubrum Raf.
- Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst.
- Sassafras triloba Raf.
- Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf.
- Sassafras variifolium Kuntze
- Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald
- Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.