Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bedaki [बेडकी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Vincetoxicum indicum (Burm.f.) Mabb. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Tylophora indica, Cynanchum indicum. For the possible medicinal usage of bedaki, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Bedaki in India is the name of a plant defined with Holarrhena pubescens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echites antidysentericus Roth, nom. illeg., non Echites antidysentericus (L.) Roxb. ex Fleming (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1844)
· Anales del Museo Nacional de Montevideo (1910)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1860)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1844)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, (1895)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bedaki, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bēḍakī (बेडकी).—f (Dim. of bēḍūka) A small frog: also a female frog. 2 The muscles of the arm or leg as rendered full and prominent: also the muscular root of the thumb. 3 The slight rising observed in the muscles of the arm or leg on a blow or pinch. 4 The frush or frog of a horse's foot. bēḍakīcēṃ kulūpa A term for the common English padlock. Opp. to naḷīcēṃ kulūpa.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bēḍakī (बेडकी).—f A small frog; a female frog. The muscles of the arm and leg as rendered full and prominent.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Bedakicha-pala, Bedakisu.

Full-text: Bedakuli.

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