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Mandrake, Part 2

Episode 17 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Mandrake, Part 2" was published on February 9, 2024 and runs 7 minutes.

February 9, 2024 ·7m · Herbarium of the Bizarre

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Welcome back to Mandrakes! In part two, I’m covering the magical uses and folklore of Mandrake, as well as some of the places it has sprouted up in pop culture. This is another plant we learned about in my ethnobotany class, so shout out #2 to Dr. De Gezelle. 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

Welcome back to Mandrakes! In part two, I’m covering the magical uses and folklore of Mandrake, as well as some of the places it has sprouted up in pop culture.


This is another plant we learned about in my ethnobotany class, so shout out #2 to Dr. De Gezelle.


Music by James Milor from Pixabay


Information provided by:

  1. The rise and fall of mandrake in medicine by Guillermo Benítez, et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115874
  2. https://youtu.be/xSdD-mVsjRg?si=sfyNighAK-K3ZmPb
  3. Myths and mandrakes by Anthony John Carter (2003) https://doi.org/10.1258%2Fjrsm.96.3.144
  4. https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/mandrake
  5. https://www.wired.com/2014/06/fantastically-wrong-mandrake/
  6. https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/mandrake.shtml
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