TT #72 · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:14
And Reuven went in the days of wheat harvest and found dudaim in the field and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s dudaim.”
Torah Temimah points to classical sources on the nature of the dudaim.
TT lemma: דודאים.
English: They said: Dudaim — some say they are siglei (mandrakes), and some say they are bariochei (a fragrant plant).
Derash on the verse (midrashic) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The plant is identified and its significance for the sisters is derived.
The dudaim were a plant sought for its properties; Rachel’s request sets the stage for the exchange that follows.