Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mandragora officinarum L. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alraunwurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
alruna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
autumn mandrake	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
berengenilla	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
bhagener	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil`s apple	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
kalánthropos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
katal jati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katavjate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattai-jati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakmani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakshamana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakshmana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laksmana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loffāh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mandragora	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
mandragora officinarum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mandragore	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mandragóras	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
mandrake	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mandrake, european	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
mandrágora	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
mediterranean mandrake	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
putrada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktavindu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satan's apple	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
true mandrake	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
καλάνθρωπος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
μανδραγόρας	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
لفاح	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root, Herb with root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Atropa mandragora L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 933 (1759), nom. superfl.
Mandragora officinalis Mill. ex DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 610 (1805), nom. superfl.
Atropa acaulis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 396 (1812), nom. superfl.
Atropa humilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 132 (1796), nom. superfl.
Mandragora acaulis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 236 (1791).
Mandragora mas Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 363 (1764), opus utique rej.
Mandragora neglecta G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 71 (1830).
Mandragora officinalis L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 10 (1759), orth. var.
Mandragora praecox Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 198 (1827).
Mandragora vernalis Bertol. Giorn. Arcadico Sci. 21: 191 bis (1824).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Atropa mandragora L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mandragora officinalis Mill.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mandragora officinarum	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Mandragora officinarum L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Mandragora ofﬁcinarum L.	Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)

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