Mandrake, Part 1
Episode 16 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Mandrake, Part 1" was published on February 2, 2024 and runs 8 minutes.
February 2, 2024 ·8m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
I accidentally made my first two-parter! Oops? Mandrake is just a really interesting plant, and there was a lot I wanted to tell you about it. In part one, I’ll cover what a Mandrake is, why this plant was so important to the ancient world, and why it’s one of my “romantic” plants for February. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: The rise and fall of mandrake in medicine by Guillermo Benítez, et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115874 https://youtu.be/xSdD-mVsjRg?si=sfyNighAK-K3ZmPb Myths and mandrakes by Anthony John Carter (2003) https://doi.org/10.1258%2Fjrsm.96.3.144 https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/mandrake https://www.wired.com/2014/06/fantastically-wrong-mandrake/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/mandrake.shtml
Episode Description
I accidentally made my first two-parter! Oops? Mandrake is just a really interesting plant, and there was a lot I wanted to tell you about it. In part one, I’ll cover what a Mandrake is, why this plant was so important to the ancient world, and why it’s one of my “romantic” plants for February.
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- The rise and fall of mandrake in medicine by Guillermo Benítez, et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115874
- https://youtu.be/xSdD-mVsjRg?si=sfyNighAK-K3ZmPb
- Myths and mandrakes by Anthony John Carter (2003) https://doi.org/10.1258%2Fjrsm.96.3.144
- https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/mandrake
- https://www.wired.com/2014/06/fantastically-wrong-mandrake/
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/mandrake.shtml