Picture of a real Mandragora officinarum. But, it is true to say that this plant has always been surrounded by a magical aura, has been the centre of many legends and it even appears in The Book of Genesis. However, it should be clarified that any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental. Many people are familiar with its common name, but others raise their eyebrows when they find out. In spite of what it may seem, Mandragora officinarum, the most famous plant in the Harry Potter universe, is based on a real plant. Theoretical and practical classes that more than one would sign up for if they could.
HARRY POTTER MANDRAKE ROOT HOW TO
With all this information and some studying, we will learn how to take care of plants, which elements to extract from them to make potions and which plants are magical in their own right.
HARRY POTTER MANDRAKE ROOT SKIN
Greenhouse at Hogwarts / Warner Bros Picturesįor this class, held at the stimulating school greenhouses, where everything is big and full of non technological resources, we will need different kinds of magical manure, dragon skin gloves, ear muffs to protect us from the boisterous mandrakes (you can die just by hearing them scream) and our inseparable wand.įurthermore, our library will grow adding books such as Encyclopedia of Toadstools, Flesh-Eating Trees of the World, Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs and One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi. Herbology is like magical Botany, where plants inspired by real species mix with others that bear such incredible powers that are completely made up. If we were students at Hogwarts, we would know one of the required classes for the next five years would be Herbology with professor Pomona Sprout. Despite offering some amazing details and lots of material, the lack of interactivity was so obvious that children and adults rushed like crazy to pick up the mandrakes to take the dreamed picture and imagine, just for a moment, that they were students at the prestigious school of magic that captivated us in the films. Valencia held, until this past August 11, the Harry Potter travelling exhibition. How do you practice magic without turning to plants? Many species’ medicinal properties have inspired those who wrote potions and ointments into their works of fiction, and Harry Potter is not an exception. Some of them are real, but some are the work of the author’s imagination.Īt Hogwarts, students cast spells, wave wands, chase those who want to end peace, learn how to live in a complicated world and, on top of that, they learn about plants.
Let’s analyse the presence of plants in the movies. But that is not the only plant that appears in the saga, although it is the most famous one.
Any Harry Potter fan has brandished a stick mimicking a wand or has been fascinated by the screams of a Mandrake.
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