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|root="Aggressive", allowing the plant to survive in any environment<ref name="WBP">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Potions]]''</ref>
 
|leaves=*Ingredient in [[Shrinking Solution]] and [[Elixir to Induce Euphoria]]
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{{Quote|A magical plant with powerful properties in potions. The finest Shrivelfig specimens are found in Abyssinia.|[[Zygmunt Budge]], ''[[Book of Potions]]''.|Wonderbook: Book of Potions}}
{{Quote|Potter, skin Malfoy's shrivelfig for him!|Severus Snape|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
 
   
A '''Shrivelfig''' is a [[magic]]al plant that originated in [[Wikipedia:Abyssinia|Abyssinia]]. When skinned, the liquid inside the plant, which is purple in colour, is used as an ingredient in the [[Shrinking Solution]], just as the "shrivel" in the plant's name would seem to suggest, and the [[Elixir to Induce Euphoria]]. The ingredient can be purchased at the [[Apothecary]] in [[Diagon Alley]] for about 3 galleons.
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The '''Shrivelfig''' is a [[magic]]al plant, the best specimens of which are found in [[Abyssinia]]. The flowers of the Shrivelfig grow inside the fruit, both of which are purple in colour. It's a deciduous plant, meaning that its leaves start to shed in autumn, and the plant is leafless during winter. However, due to its aggressive roots, the plant can still survive even in snowy conditions. The leaves have medicinal properties. When skinned the fruit, which is actually the plant's flower and contains blossoms inside, produces a purple liquid with potion-making properties.<ref name="WBP"/> The ingredient can be purchased at the [[Apothecary]] in [[Diagon Alley]] for three [[Galleon]]s<ref name="PM">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
[[Image:Shrivelfig.png|left|thumb|120px|A Shrivelfig.]]
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[[File:PruningShrivelfigs.png|left|thumb|350px|The second-years pruning Abyssinian Shrivelfigs in [[Herbology]].]]
 
===1992===
 
===1992===
 
In [[1992]], [[Pomona Sprout]] had the [[second year]] students prune Shrivelfigs with shears during a [[Herbology]] class. When [[Harry Potter]] went to dispose of some withered stalks that he had trimmed off his Shrivelfig, he ran into [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]], and afterwards Ernie brought [[Hannah Abbott]] to work at the same plant as Harry and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]. It was in this lesson Harry and Ron realised there were some spiders heading to the Forbidden Forest.
 
In [[1992]], [[Pomona Sprout]] had the [[second year]] students prune Shrivelfigs with shears during a [[Herbology]] class. When [[Harry Potter]] went to dispose of some withered stalks that he had trimmed off his Shrivelfig, he ran into [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]], and afterwards Ernie brought [[Hannah Abbott]] to work at the same plant as Harry and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]. It was in this lesson Harry and Ron realised there were some spiders heading to the Forbidden Forest.
   
 
===1993===
 
===1993===
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[[Image:Shrivelfig.png|right|thumb|120px|A Shrivelfig.]]
In [[1993]], [[Severus Snape]] taught his [[third year]] [[Potions (class)|Potions]] students to brew the Shrinking Solution. [[Draco Malfoy]] claimed that his injured arm prevented him from tending to his own ingredients ( even though it wasn't really hurt anymore) , so Snape ordered Harry Potter to peel the required Shrivelfigs for Draco, a task which Harry did as quickly as possible.
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In [[1993]], [[Severus Snape]] taught his [[third year]] [[Potions (class)|Potions]] students to brew the Shrinking Solution. [[Draco Malfoy]] claimed that his injured arm prevented him from tending to his own ingredients, so Snape ordered Harry Potter to peel the required Shrivelfigs for Draco, a task which Harry did as quickly as possible.
   
 
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Revision as of 21:01, 20 December 2013

"A magical plant with powerful properties in potions. The finest Shrivelfig specimens are found in Abyssinia."
Zygmunt Budge, Book of Potions.[src]

The Shrivelfig is a magical plant, the best specimens of which are found in Abyssinia. The flowers of the Shrivelfig grow inside the fruit, both of which are purple in colour. It's a deciduous plant, meaning that its leaves start to shed in autumn, and the plant is leafless during winter. However, due to its aggressive roots, the plant can still survive even in snowy conditions. The leaves have medicinal properties. When skinned the fruit, which is actually the plant's flower and contains blossoms inside, produces a purple liquid with potion-making properties.[1] The ingredient can be purchased at the Apothecary in Diagon Alley for three Galleons[2]

History

PruningShrivelfigs

The second-years pruning Abyssinian Shrivelfigs in Herbology.

1992

In 1992, Pomona Sprout had the second year students prune Shrivelfigs with shears during a Herbology class. When Harry Potter went to dispose of some withered stalks that he had trimmed off his Shrivelfig, he ran into Ernie Macmillan, and afterwards Ernie brought Hannah Abbott to work at the same plant as Harry and Ron Weasley. It was in this lesson Harry and Ron realised there were some spiders heading to the Forbidden Forest.

1993

Shrivelfig

A Shrivelfig.

In 1993, Severus Snape taught his third year Potions students to brew the Shrinking Solution. Draco Malfoy claimed that his injured arm prevented him from tending to his own ingredients, so Snape ordered Harry Potter to peel the required Shrivelfigs for Draco, a task which Harry did as quickly as possible.

Appearances

Notes and references