Mythological plants

Nefertem (; possibly "beautiful one who closes" or "one who does not close"; also spelled Nefertum or Nefer-temu) was, in Egyptian mythology, originally a lotus flower at the creation of the world, who had arisen from the primal waters. Nefertem represented both the first sunlight and the delightful smell of the Egyptian blue lotus flower, having arisen from the primal waters within an Egyptian blue water-lily, Nymphaea caerulea. Some of the titles of Nefertem were "He Who is Beautiful" and "Water-Lily of the Sun", and a version of the Book of the Dead says:

mythical apple

thumb|Zaqqoum, the fruit of the dwellers of Jahannam. In Islamic tradition, the Zaqqum is a cursed tree that is rooted in the center of Hell. It is first mentioned in the Quran (17:60; 37:62–68; 44:43; 56:52), three times by name, as a tree that produces fruits that is fed to the inhabitants of hell to burn their stomachs, before they are also fed boiling liquids.

mythical creature in Central Asia

Mythical flower blooming only on the night before Ivan Kupala or Midsummer

mythical or fictional plant or tree that eats people

mythological object, stolen or hidden by an antagonist

right|thumb|Razkovniche is the Bulgarian language|Bulgarian-language name for the real plant [[Marsilea quadrifolia, which shares some features with the legendary raskovnik.]]

herb in Homeric poetry

plant in Greek and Roman mythology

right|thumb|200px|"Jinjenju" (人面樹) from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by [[Toriyama Sekien]] Jinmenju or Ninmenju () is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads. It notably appears in the Edo period Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.

in Hindu mythology, a cure-all plant which can reverse even near death

thumb|upright|The so-called "female" and "male" mandrakes, from a 1583 illustration thumb|The flowers of [[Mandragora officinarum]] thumb|A carved mandrake root, 16th or 17th century (Wellcome Collection)

The is a yōkai tree in Japanese folklore that appears in many books related to Japanese yōkai, including Shigeru Mizuki's works.

Alraune (German for ) is a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911. It is also the name of the female lead character. The book originally featured illustrations by Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald.

According to several Sunni Islamic hadiths that describe Islamic eschatology, Gharqad () is a kind of tree that would protect Jews from Muslims at the end times.

Chinese mythological fruit