A plant mentioned only in Gen 30:14-16 and Song 7:13; the English word translates the Hebrew duda'im, literally "love-fruit." Implied in both passages is the fruit's aphrodisaic properties. Like most of the plants and animals reported in the Bible, identifying the plant with certainty is difficult. Most scholars, however, think that duda'im may be identified with Mandragora officinalis, a member of the "night-shades" (other common plants of this family includes the potatoes, tobacco).
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