
Ingredient in the Mandrake Restorative Draught. Used by Neville and Professor Sprout during the Battle of Hogwarts as they tossed pots of screaming mandrakes over the walls onto the Death Eaters ( DH31) Potions Connection.Venusia Crickerly who was Headmaster of Hogwarts from 1903-1912 was killed in a mandrake-related gardening accident, probably struck dead by the cry (Pm-Ministers for Magic).The Dugbog is particularly fond of eating Mandrakes (FB).There is no doubt that Professor Snape alone makes the Mandrake Restorative Draught, because he gets angry when silly Lockhart offers to do it ( CS9).Even as a baby, the Mandrake's howls can knock a person out for a couple of hours.

The cry of the Mandrake is fatal to humans, so special care must be taken when growing them.These creatures grow and develop over the course of several months until they mature and can be harvested and used for potions ( CS13).

In legend, if pulled from the ground, it makes a sound like scream of a dying child which is so horrible it either deafens or kills the person pulling it. A Mandrake, also known as a Mandragora, is a poisonous plant that grows from the graves of guilty dead men. Mandrake seedlings are tufty little plants, purplish green in colour ( CS6) with what look like tiny babies growing where the roots would be. Mandrake, also known as Mandragora, is a demon in the series.The Mandrake Restorative Draught returns people who have been Transfigured or cursed to their original state.

