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sassafras root
Sassafras is a North American tree also known as cinnamon wood and ague tree. The wood is used in furniture making and the leaf as seasoning in Cajun cuisine.
The dried root provided flavoring for root beer for many years, until evidence emerged in the 1970s that one of the main constituents of sassafras, safrole, may be carcinogenic in mice. It should be noted, however, that sassafras tea has been consumed by residents of the Lower Mississippi River Valley of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi for more than 300 years.
