 The description above would then apply to both species combined, with "M. officinarum" having greenish-white rather than violet petals, up to long rather than usually or longer, and a berry that is globose rather than ellipsoid.More recently, plants native to the Levant have been separated out as "Mandragora autumnalis", leaving those found in the rest of the Mediterranean area as "M. officinarum".One difference then is that the size of the seeds of "M. officinarum" is less than half the size of those of "M. autumnalis".