Lauraceae Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

Sassafras

Delaware - Drug, Blood Medicine

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 30

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Scientific name: Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
USDA symbol: SAAL5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sassafras
Family: Lauraceae
Family (APG): Lauraceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Root bark used as a blood purifier.

RECRD: 42644 id: 37236

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