🫒Mediterranean
Mandrake Root
Mandragora autumnalis
About Mandrake Root
Mandrake Root (Mandragora autumnalis) is a herb used in the Mediterranean tradition to help with Pain, Insomnia, Fertility, and Nerve Support. The root is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Mandragora autumnalis, known as mandrake or autumn mandrake, is recognized by some sources as a separate species from Mandragora officinarum, although with different circumscriptions. Others regard it as merely part of this very variable species. Plants given the name Mandragora autumnalis consist of a rosette of leaves up to 60 cm (2 ft) across, close to the ground, with a central group of usually purplish flowers followed by yellow or orange berries. The large tap-roots as well as...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Root · internal