What is Mandrake?
:''For the [[Linux]] variant, see [[Mandriva Linux]]'' {{Taxobox | name = Mandrake | image = Mandragore officinale fruits.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''Mandragora officinarum'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = '''''Mandragora''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} [[Image:Mandragora Tacuinum Sanitatis.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration of mandrake in a textbook fo the [[15th century]]]] '''Mandrake''' is the common name of a number of [[plant]]s in the [[Nightshade]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[genus]] '''Mandragora'''. The roots often look like [[man]] or [[woman]], or can be easily made to resemble them. The plant has been used in [[witchcraft]] for a long time. According to this literature, the plant shrieks in pain, when it is pulled from the ground. This shriek is able to make a person deaf. He might also lose his mind, or even be killed, if he is unprotected. Mandrake (Mandragora officinalis) has been used as an [[Anaestesia|anaestethic]] for a long time. For this, it was usually prepared in an [[alcohol]]ic solution. {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Solanaceae]]