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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Mandragora officinarum (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
European Mandrake; Mandrake; Pome Di Tchin

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anesthetic Elsewhere *
Asthma Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hayfever Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hypnotic Elsewhere *
Mydriatic Elsewhere *
Narcotic India *
Poison Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Sedative Elsewhere *
Sedative Elsewhere *
Tumor Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.