Mandragora autumnalis

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Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ᾽ ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of money – money it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes

Sophocles, Antigone, 295-297

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Mandragora autumnalis
Mandragora autumnalis

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 the leaves contain alkaloids and are toxic. They have traditional uses as herbal medicines.

Translations

Arabic: يَبْرُوح‎, لُفَّاح‎, بَيْض الْجِنّ‎, تُفَّاح الْمَجَانِين‎, مَانْدْرَاكُورَا‎, تُفَّاح الْجِنّ‎; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܝܲܒܼܪܘܼܚܵܐ‎; Hebrew: יַבְרוּחָא‎; Armenian: մանրագոր; Catalan: mandràgora; Chinese Mandarin: 風茄, 风茄, 曼德拉草; Czech: pokřín, pekřín; Danish: alrune; Dutch: mandragora; Finnish: alruuna; French: mandragore; Georgian: მანდრაგორა; German: Alraune; Greek: μανδραγόρας; Ancient Greek: μανδραγόρας, μώριος; Hebrew: דּוּדָא‎; Hungarian: mandragóra; Italian: mandragora; Japanese: マンドラゴラ; Latin: mandragora; Maori: manitareki; Norwegian: alruner; Persian: شابیزک‎; Polish: mandragora, alrauna; Portuguese: mandrágora; Romanian: mandragoră; Russian: мандрагора; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: мандрагора, алрауна, буновина, надлишка; Roman: mandragora, alrauna, bunovina, nadliška; Spanish: mandrágora; Swedish: alruna; Turkish: adam otu; Ukrainian: мандраго́ра