Mandragora

Mandragora the Latin equivalent of the English mandrake can refer to:

Any of the species of the plant genus Mandragora:

• 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

A charm made from the roots of various plants called mandrake, including

• Mandragora officinarum
• Mandragora autumnalis (included in Mandragora officinarum by some authorities)
• Bryonia alba, white bryony

Mandragora may also refer to:

• Mandragora, Rolando, an Italian footballer
• Mandragora (novel), a contemporary novel by David McRobbie
• Mandragora (film), a 1997 film by Wiktor Grodecki
• Mandragora (band), a UK psychedelic rock band
• Mandragora (demon), familiar demons who appear in the figures of little men without beards
• Mandragora (publisher), a Polish publisher of comics, manga and manhwa
• Mandragora, a ballet by Karol Szymanowski
• Mandrágora, a Chilean Surrealist group
• The Mandragora Helix, an alien entity featured in the Doctor Who serial The Masque of Mandragora
• Mandragora Movies, a Romanian film production company

See also

• Mandrake (disambiguation)
• The Mandrake, a play by Niccolò Machiavelli, whose Italian title is La Mandragola
• Turbinicarpus mandragora, a rare and endangered cactus species