EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: MNDAU
• Preferred name: Mandragora autumnalis
• Authority: Bertoloni

Mediterranean. A traditional medicinal plant, cultivated in earlier times in many European countries. Its nomenclature is extremely confused, with the result that the pertinent name M. officinalis is no longer used, while M. officinarum applies to a plant of very local distribution. The common names are equally confused, possibly referring to different forms of the cultivated plant