Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. — The Septuagint translated דוּדָאִים as μανδραγορῶν (mandragoron), which became Latinized as mandragoras, hence "mandrake.” As a plant, mandrakes are related to the potato family that spreads large spinach-shaped leaves in a rosette pattern.