Mandragora officinalis
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
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Mandragora officinarum is the type species of the plant genus Mandragora. 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. The main species found around the Mediterranean is called Mandragora autumnalis, the autumn mandrake. In a broader circumscription, all the plants native to the regions around the Mediterranean Sea are placed in M. officinarum, which thus includes M. autumnalis. The names autumn mandrake and Mediterranean mandrake are then used. Whatever the circumscription, Mandragora officinarum is a perennial herbaceous plant with ovate leaves arranged in a rosette, a thick upright root, often branched, and bell-shaped flowers followed by yellow or orange berries.
Translations
als: gemeine alraune; ar: يبروح طبي; az: dərman mandraqorası; br: mandragon; csb: lékarskô mandagòra; cs: mandragora lékařská; da: almindelig alrune; de: Gemeine Alraune; eo: mandragoro; et: harilik alraun; eu: mandragora; fa: مهر گیاه; fi: rohtomandrake; frr: alruun; fr: mandragore; gl: mandrágora; he: דודא רפואי; hu: közönséges mandragóra; kab: triyala; ko: 맨드레이크; nl: alruin; nrm: mandeglouère; oc: mandragòra; pl: mandragora lekarska; pt: mandrágora; ru: мандрагора лекарственная; sr: мандрагора; sv: alruna; wa: harloucrale; zh: 毒茄蔘
