Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bhucampaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Kaempferia rotunda in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zerumbet zeylanica Garsault (among others).

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

· Guihaia (1988)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1991)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bhucampaka, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, 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

bhūcampaka (भूचंपक).—m (S) A flowertree or its flower, Kœmpferia rotunda. Linn.

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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: Bhucampakamu.

Full-text: Bhuicampa.

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