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Survives zone 4 through 9
Spicebush berries = an allspice-like SPICE; sassafras leaves = filé powder. Not dessert fruits. Dried drupes as an allspice-like spice.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Leaf, Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn
- Mature size
- Shrub/small tree 2–4 m
- Light
- Partial — tolerates heavy shade, but more sun means more berries
- Soil pH
- 5.0–6.5 (acid)
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs
- Pollination
- DIOECIOUS — needs male and female plants