| Family | SOLANACEAE |
| Genus species | Mandragora caulescens C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 242 (1883) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 2200-4500m |
| Description | root carnose, leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 3-20cm, pubescent, densely ciliate, at base narrowly decurrent, obtuse, flowers solitary, axillary, sometimes pendent |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | greenish purple, yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anisodus caulescens (C.B.Clarke) Diels Anisodus humilis Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke Anisodus mariae Pascher Mairella yunnanensis H.Lév. Mandragora caulescens ssp. brevicalyx Grierson & D.G.Long Mandragora caulescens ssp. flavida Grierson & D.G.Long Mandragora caulescens ssp. purpurascens Grierson & D.G.Long Mandragora chinghaiensis Kuang & A.M.Lu Mandragora tibetica Grubov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |