Lan Mandragoran, forkroot, and the presence of Mandrake in WOT

[Kalessin]

I'm into Sanderson territory now, on the first of the final trilogy, and I thought I should take the time to mention this, that the genus Mandragora and the plant Mandrake seems to hold quite a commanding position in the series.

To wit: Moiraine's Warder is Lan Mandragoran

The dreadful duo of Elayne and Nynaeve encounter a sedative plant extract called forkroot; the mandrake plant's root is forked in a humanoid shape that has all sorts of folklore connotations.

And other things that carry the mandrake resonance.

Has anyone else mentioned this? The series has been around for three decades; I expect someone even better versed in folklore would've mentioned it a lot earlier.

Anyway, here's some mandrake references I dug up on the InterWebs:

https://theherbprof.com/mandrake-the-enigmatic-medicinal-plant/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandragora_(genus)

https://www.britannica.com/plant/mandrake-Mandragora-genus

https://www.ancientherbswisdom.com/mandrake/

https://nightshadefamily.com/mandrake/

Any comments?