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Mandragora officinarum is the type species of the plant genus Mandragora in the nightshade family Solanaceae. [2] It is often known as mandrake, although this name is also used for other plants. As of 2015, sources differed significantly in the species they use for Mandragora plants native to the Mediterranean region.
Mandragora is a plant genus belonging to the nightshade family ().Members of the genus are known as mandrakes.Between three and five species are placed in the genus. The one or two species found around the Mediterranean constitute the mandrake of ancient writers such as Dioscorides.
A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora (in the family Solanaceae) found in the Mediterranean region, or from other species, such as Bryonia alba (the English mandrake, in the family Cucurbitaceae) or the American mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum in the family Berberidaceae) which have similar properties.
Mandragora, a plant genus in the nightshade family Mandragora autumnalis, mandrake or autumn mandrake; Mandragora caulescens, Himalayan mandrake; Mandragora officinarum, mandrake or Mediterranean mandrake, the type species of the genus; Mandragora turcomanica, Turkmenian mandrake
In 1753, in the first edition of Species Plantarum, Carl Linnaeus described a single species, Mandragora officinarum, for plants found around the Mediterranean. [8] [9] Jackson and Berry (1979) [10] and Ungricht et al. (1998) [4] have documented the subsequent confusion over the number of Mediterranean species of Mandragora and their scientific names.
Mandragora, a genus in the family Solanaceae, including Mandragora autumnalis, mandrake or autumn mandrake (considered by some sources to be a synonym of Mandragora officinarum) Mandragora caulescens, Himalayan mandrake; Mandragora officinarum, mandrake or Mediterranean mandrake; Mandragora turcomanica, Turkmenian mandrake
Mandragora turcomanica is a perennial herbaceous plant with a thick, often branched tap-root.It has little or no stem, the leaves being arranged in a basal rosette. The lowest leaves are up to 90 cm (3 ft) long by 60 cm (2 ft) across (less in Iranian specimens), the upper leaves being smaller.
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