The Sassafrasbaum (Sassafras officinale), also Fenchelholzbaum or Nelkenzimtbaum, is a laurel plant domestic in the eastern North America, which was introduced over Florida also to Europe. The trees become meters high up to 35.

From the root crust and the fruits can be won, which serves as perfume and flavour material and in former times also for the production of roots Beer was used.

In most countries outside of the USA Sassafras is regarded due to its high content of Safrol, which is krebserregend, as poison plant. Also in the USA today for commercially manufactured root Beer is used only more artificial Sassafras flavour; some private producers use however further Sassafras. Safrol supplies also a raw material for the production of MDMA (Ecstasy).

A characteristic of the Sassafrasbaums is that at a plant three different Blattformen can occur.

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