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"Murtlap Tentacles are known for their healing properties."
— Description[src]

A Murtlap tentacle was a rare potion ingredient that could be obtained from the growth on the back of a Murtlap. When a Murtlap tentacle was eaten, they heightened resistance to various dark charms, but an overdose had the side-effect of purple ear-hair.[3] They were also known to possess healing properties,[2] and were used as an ingredient in the brewing of Murtlap Essence.[1]

History[]

Professor Severus Snape kept Murtlap Tentacles in his personal stores at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the 1989–1990 school year, he was telling Argus Filch and Madam Pince one day that he had awoken to find Murtlap Tentacles, Ashwinder eggs and Occamy eggshells missing. Beatrice Haywood stole them (following Ismelda Murk's advice) from Snape in order to brew Felix Felicis in Classroom 3C with Ismelda Murk, Merula Snyde and Penny Haywood, along with several books on advanced potion-making from the Hogwarts Library without checking them out.[5]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  4. Wonderbook: Book of Potions
  5. 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 22 (The Exchange Student)
  6. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Where's Wolf, Chapter II: A Wolf in Witch's Robes
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