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Sassafras
📍 948 Old Ekron Rd, Brandenburg, KY 40108, USA
🗓 Season: August · September
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Dark blue-black berries on red stalks. Edible but rarely used. The bark and roots (root beer flavour) contain safrole — regulated. Young leaves can be dried and ground as filé powder for gumbo.
Several small Sassafras trees along the sidewalk. Pick young leaves in spring for a stew thickener.
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