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LEGO's newest Harry Potter sets include the Room of Requirement ... and the greenhouse/Herbology classroom complete with a baby mandrake. Mashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest ...

For the space of one entire month (from full moon to full moon), a single leaf from a Mandrake must be carried ... after Voldemort attacked Harry when he was a baby. "Short Stories from Hogwarts ...

It was believed that the mandrake root emited a shrill cry that drove people mad and killed them when it was pulled from the ground. This myth inspired a scene in J K Rowling's Harry Potter and ...