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  2. Sassafras - Wikipedia

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    The durable and beautiful wood of sassafras plants has been used in shipbuilding and furniture-making in North America, in Asia, and in Europe (once Europeans were introduced to the plant). [37] Sassafras wood was also used by Native Americans in the southeastern United States as a fire-starter because of the flammability of its natural oils ...

  3. Safrole - Wikipedia

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    Safrole is the principal component of brown camphor oil made from Ocotea pretiosa, [4] a plant growing in Brazil, and sassafras oil made from Sassafras albidum.. In the United States, commercially available culinary sassafras oil is usually devoid of safrole due to a rule passed by the U.S. FDA in 1960.

  4. Sassafras albidum - Wikipedia

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    Sassafras albidum is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15–20 m (49–66 ft) tall, with a canopy up to 12 m (39 ft) wide, [7] with a trunk up to 60 cm (24 in) in diameter, and a crown with many slender sympodial branches.

  5. A guide to some of NC’s most dangerous plants, from poison ...

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    Height: It is a very large plant and can be 20 feet tall. Dangers: The sap of the plant is highly toxic and can cause sensitivity to UV rays. This can lead to severe blistering and burning from ...

  6. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Adverse effects Cinchona bark Cinchona pubescens: Warfarin Possible additive effect [3] Chamomile: Blood thinners [23] Devil's Claw: grapple plant, wood spider Harpagophytum: Warfarin Additive effect [3] Ephedra Ephedra: Caffeine, decongestants, stimulants [15] Increases sympathomimetic effect of ephedra [3] Feverfew: featherfew Tanacetum ...

  7. Native Plant: The many benefits of sassafras - AOL

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    The sassafras tree, (Sassafras albidum), sports an unlobed leaf (football), one-lobed leaf (mitten) and a two-lobed leaf (ghost). Native Plant: Tall coreopsis is the symbol of summer in central Ohio

  8. Doryphora aromatica - Wikipedia

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    Doryphora aromatica, commonly known as sassafras, northern sassafras, northern grey sassafras, net sassafras or grey sassafras, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the Southern Sassafras Family Atherospermataceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland.

  9. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    Few things will put a damper on your vacation or holiday faster than food poisoning. The intense stomach pain, rushing to the toilet and feeling relegated to bed keeps just about everyone out of ...