Mandrake (disambiguation)

Mandrake is a poisonous herbaceous plant in the genus Mandragora, often connected with magical rituals.

Mandrake may also refer to:

Biology

• Mandragora (genus), a genus in the family Solanaceae, including
  • Mandragora autumnalis, mandrake or autumn mandrake (considered by some sources to be a synonym of Mandragora officinarum)
  • Mandragora caulescens, Himalayan mandrake
  • Mandragora officinarum, mandrake or Mediterranean mandrake
  • Mandragora turcomanica, Turkmenian mandrake
• Bryonia alba, English mandrake or white bryony
• Podophyllum peltatum, American mandrake, a North American plant in the family Berberidaceae

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and drama

• The Mandrake, a play by Niccolò Machiavelli first published in 1524
• The Mandrake (1965 film), a 1965 Franco-Italian film
• Mandrake (TV series), a Latin American TV series
• Mandrake (1979 film), an American television thriller film
• Mandrake, a 2010 television film with Andrew Stevens
• Mandrake, an Indian Malayalam-language film series, consisting of
  • Junior Mandrake (1997)
  • Senior Mandrake (2010)

Fictional characters

• Mandragora (demon), a supernatural being in folklore
• Mandrake, a short-lived mascot at the University of Oregon
• Mandrake the Magician, a comic strip character
• Caleb Mandrake, a character in The Skulls, a feature-length film by Rob Cohen
• Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, a character in Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove
• John Mandrake (Nathaniel), a character from the Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Paolo Mandrake, the lawyer and amateur detective who is the protagonist of stories by Rubem Fonseca, and basis for the TV series
• Mandrake, a character in the animated feature Epic

Music

• "Mandrake", a 1976 song on Gong's Shamal
• Mandrake (album), a 2001 album by Edguy
• Mandrake (German band), a gothic metal band
• Mandrake (Japanese band), a progressive rock band
• The Mandrake (band), an American death metal band
• The Mandrake Project, a 2024 album by Bruce Dickinson

Literature and publishing

• Mandrake of Oxford, a small press
• Mandrake Press, a publishing company
• The Mandrake (Surrealist group), a 20th-century Chilean Surrealist group

People

• Leon Mandrake (1911–1993), magician
• Tom Mandrake (born 1956), comic book artist

Other uses

• Mandrake Linux, former name of Mandriva Linux, a computer operating system
• Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation: Mandrake), a Soviet aircraft
• Slang name for the recreational drug methaqualone

See also

• Mandarake, a Japanese retail corporation