Changes: Mandrake

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“	A carnivorous plant found in the Forest of Arcturus. It captures prey with its long vines, then drags it slowly towards its gaping maw. Although it lacks any form of expression, it seems that it enjoys toying with its food.	”
—Description of Mandrakes from Strange Notebook

A Mandrake (マンドレイク, Mandoreiku^?) is a carnivorous plant which has a humanoid-shape root that, if uprooted, unleashes a terrible shriek that can kill non-magical humans. It is a very common ingredient for potions.

Description

A full-grown Mandrake is depicted as a plant with a long green stem, several thorny vines used as prehensile tentacles to catch prey or enemies who dare to approach it, and a flower of bright purple colors that upon sensing prey would open and reveal a large glowing mouth used to devour their captured prey. Young Mandrakes are yet to developed both flower and tendrils but eventually grown them as they grew larger. Given that Sucy's 5-year-old Mandrake in the manga had developing flower but had no tendrils, Mandrakes would develop tentacles after they become older than 5 years.

Its roots look like a human which appearance depend on its age: young mandrakes' roots somewhat resemble a human baby while adult ones resemble a full-grown man. When unearthed, the root would release a powerful scream that can kill any ordinary human or animal who hear it as form of defensive mechanism. The lethality of the scream also depends on the age: young mandrakes would only render the victim unconscious while older ones (5 years old and upwards) can cause death in seconds.

Young roots can be used to make potions capable of restoring the magical power of a witch and the mature ones may even temporarily make her stronger than usual. But cautions must be taken when handling overflowing power from consuming potion derived from older mandrakes: Lack of control with overflowing magic would be disastrous.

Mandrakes are typically found in Arcturus Forest, though some also flourished in Mountain Ankaa, Shaula Desert, and Mimosa Forest as well.

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 |name=Mandrake
-|classification=Poisonous Plant
+|classification=Man-eating poisonous plant
 |habitat=Deep Forests
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-}}A '''Mandrake''' is a carnivorous plant which has a root that looks like a human. When unrooted, lets out a terrible shriek that can kill non-magical humans. It is a very common ingredient for [[Potion|potions]].
+{{Quote|A carnivorous plant found in the Forest of Arcturus. It captures prey with its long vines, then drags it slowly towards its gaping maw. Although it lacks any form of expression, it seems that it enjoys toying with its food.|Description of Mandrakes from [[Strange Notebook]]}}
+A {{Nihongo|'''Mandrake'''|マンドレイク|Mandoreiku}} is a carnivorous plant which has a humanoid-shape root that, if uprooted, unleashes a terrible shriek that can kill non-magical humans. It is a very common ingredient for [[Potion|potions]].
 ==Description==
-An full-grown Mandrake depicted as a plant with a long green stem, several thorned vines as prehensile tentacles used to catch preys/enemies who dare to approach it, and a flower of bright purple colors that upon sensing a prey, would opens and reveal a large glowing mouth used to devour their captured prey. Young Mandrakes are yet to developed both flower and tendrils but eventually grown them as they grew larger. Given that Sucy's 5 year old Mandrake in manga had developing flower but had no tendrils,  Mandrakes would develop tentacles after they become older than 5 years.
+A full-grown Mandrake is depicted as a plant with a long green stem, several thorny vines used as prehensile tentacles to catch prey or enemies who dare to approach it, and a flower of bright purple colors that upon sensing prey would open and reveal a large glowing mouth used to devour their captured prey. Young Mandrakes are yet to developed both flower and tendrils but eventually grown them as they grew larger. Given that Sucy's 5-year-old Mandrake in the manga had developing flower but had no tendrils, Mandrakes would develop tentacles after they become older than 5 years.
-Its roots looked like a human which appearance depend on its age: young mandrakes' roots nearly resembles human baby while adult ones greatly resembles full-grown man. Had these plants unearthed, the root would release a powerful scream that can kill any ordinary human or animal who hear it as form of defensive mechanism. How potent their scream's deadliness also depend on the age: juveniles can only rendered the victims unconscious while older ones (5 year old and upwards) can cause death in seconds.
+Its roots look like a human which appearance depend on its age: young mandrakes' roots somewhat resemble a human baby while adult ones resemble a full-grown man. When unearthed, the root would release a powerful scream that can kill any ordinary human or animal who hear it as form of defensive mechanism. The lethality of the scream also depends on the age: young mandrakes would only render the victim unconscious while older ones (5 years old and upwards) can cause death in seconds.
-Young roots can be used to make potions capable of restoring the magical power of a witch and the mature ones may even temporarily empower it. But cautions must be taken when handling overflowing power from consuming potion derived from older mandrakes: Lack of control with overflowing magic would be disastrous.
+Young roots can be used to make potions capable of restoring the magical power of a witch and the mature ones may even temporarily make her stronger than usual. But cautions must be taken when handling overflowing power from consuming potion derived from older mandrakes: Lack of control with overflowing magic would be disastrous.
+Mandrakes are typically found in [[Arcturus Forest]], though some also flourished in Mountain Ankaa, Shaula Desert, and Mimosa Forest as well.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-Mandra.jpg|Akko being affected by juvenile mandrake's scream
+Mandra.jpg|Akko being affected by a young mandrake's scream
-year old mandrake manga LWA.jpg|A five years old Mandrake
+year old mandrake manga LWA.jpg|A five year old Mandrake
+Little Witch Academia - 06 - Large 27.jpg|A young Chariot attacked by Mandrakes
+LittleWitchAcademia-37.jpg
 </gallery>
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 [[es:Mandrágora]]
 [[Category:Creatures and plants]]
+[[Category:Non-humans]]