TY - JOUR AU - Dafni, Amots AU - Benítez Cruz, Guillermo PY - 2021 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72149 AB - Background: Mandrake (Mandragora spp.) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in western cultures since Biblical times and throughout written history. In many cultures, mandrake is related to magic and witchcraft, which is said to have a... LA - eng PB - BMC KW - Mandragora spp. KW - Plant names KW - Etymology KW - Phytonymy TI - In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names DO - 10.1186/s13002-021-00494-5 ER -