Teresa scrambled up her books. "A Mandrake, also known as Mandragora, is a plant which has a root that looks like a human," she said quickly. "The Mandrake screams whenever it is unearthed, and if it is fully mature, the cry is fatal to anyone who hears it. They become moody and secretive when they are almost fully mature, and they can be stewed into a draught which restores people who have been Petrified to their original state."
Cat patted her earmuffs anxiously as Ashley fell, but couldn't hear anything. She sighed in relief and continued repotting her Mandrakes. She finished very quickly, as her family had a garden at home.
Ferlen would move over to Ashley, and put an arm around her shoulders lifing her up, and begin moving her out of the greenhouse and back towards Hogwarts, and the hospital wing.
"Please sir, I have more infomation about Mandrakes! Because of its roots' shapes resembling humans, it has been used in magical operations, and as a supposed aphrodisiac. There are variations on the plant, Mandragora Offininarum being the most usual form, with the smaller Mandragora autumnalis having the same properties. Some folk traditions call the latter (M. autumnalis) variety as "Womandrake" in distinction to M. Officinarum as "Mandrake." A third variant, Mandragora turcomanica, is a nearly extinct and very rare variety, found mostly in Turkey and a few areas of Iran. M. turcomanica is distinguished from M. autumnalis by having larger fruit.In the Western Hemisphere, another plant, Podophyllum petaltum, is called the American Mandrake. The American Mandrake is unrelated to the European variety, and has fewer medical applications. It, too, is poisonous.
Lyndsay scrunched up her nose as she poured the fertilizer into her pot.
"Cat" Catello - Hufflepuff 2nd Year - Nice to meet you! Send Me an Owl! - Stealthfire 23:38, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
Cat rolled her eyes and went to work. She never knew what the big deal was about manure. They used rabbit manure at home all the time! Although dragon dung was stinkier. She wrinkled her nose but kept working.
Greenhouse 7 (Years 5 - 7)
Pop Quiz
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Pop Quiz
For First Years to Fourth Years:
Pop Quiz 1: 5/5 is the perfect score
First Part: 3 Points
Write the correct answer on the blank provided before each number.
___1.) What is the name of the plant which cries and lets out a noise when they are pulled from the soil?
___2.) What is the other name of the plant which is the answer in number 1?
____3.) What is the art of pulling out plants from the soil and putting them on another pot.
Essay Part: 2 Points
Write an essay about your experience with our last topic in Herbology
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