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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

ENGLISH: augue tree, cinnamon wood, golden elm, green stick, gumbo<br />

filé, root-beer tree, saloop, sassafrac, sassafras, saxifrax,<br />

white sassafras<br />

PORTUGUESE: canela-sassafrás, sassafrás<br />

SPANISH: sasafrás<br />

USES/NOTES: Bark and root extract, <strong>of</strong> this <strong>at</strong>tractive tree, is used<br />

as a flavoring agent (especially in root beer), to scent soaps,<br />

perfumes, and ointments, and is antiseptic and a diaphoretic.<br />

Root and root bark are made into sassafras tea. Ground leaves are<br />

<strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> filé powder used to flavor and thicken Cajun dishes<br />

such as gumbo filé. Young buds are edible. Caution is advised,<br />

however, as S. albidum has been shown to cause cancer in<br />

labor<strong>at</strong>ory animals. Sassafras was among <strong>the</strong> first spices taken to<br />

Europe from North America.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America<br />

REFERENCES: Carneiro Martins 1989, Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons<br />

1962, Gibbons 1971, Godfrey 1988, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Nelson 1994,<br />

Peterson 1977, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Wea<strong>the</strong>rford 1988, Yanovsky 1936<br />

S<strong>at</strong>ureja douglasii (Benth.) Briq. [syn. Micromeria chamissonis<br />

(Benth.) E. Greene]<br />

FAMILY: Labi<strong>at</strong>ae or Lamiaceae (mint)<br />

ENGLISH: Oregon tea<br />

SPANISH: yerba buena<br />

USES/NOTES: Dried leaves are made into tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Morton 1976a, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

S<strong>at</strong>ureja hortensis L.<br />

FAMILY: Labi<strong>at</strong>ae or Lamiaceae (mint)<br />

ENGLISH: summer savory<br />

PORTUGUESE: s<strong>at</strong>uréia, segurelha, segurelha-de-verão<br />

SPANISH: ajedra, ajedrea, ajedrea comúm, ajedrea de huerta, ajedrea<br />

de jardín, s<strong>at</strong>ureja<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf and stem are used as spices.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in <strong>the</strong> Americas<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Guia Rural 1990, Neumann n.d., Rehm<br />

and Espig 1991, Schneider 1987<br />

S<strong>at</strong>ureja laevig<strong>at</strong>a (Standley) Standley [includes S. macrostema<br />

var. laevig<strong>at</strong>a (Standley) McVaugh & R. Schmid, Clinopodium<br />

laevig<strong>at</strong>um Standley]<br />

FAMILY: Labi<strong>at</strong>ae or Lamiaceae (mint)<br />

ENGLISH: pennyroyal<br />

SPANISH: garañona, hierba de borracho, poleo, tochitl<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are made into a beverage and medicinal tea,<br />

popular in parts <strong>of</strong> Mexico and marketed as poleo in Oaxaca and<br />

elsewhere. Also used in folk medicine as a hangover remedy.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Torres n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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