Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sandhyakali in India is the name of a plant defined with Mirabilis jalapa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nyctago dichotoma (L.) Dum. Cours. (among others).

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

· Centuria I. Plantarum (1755)
· Inst. Rei Herb. (1766)
· Acta Botanica Austro Sinica (1989)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· J. Yunnan Educ. Coll., Nat. Sci. Ed. (1998)

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

sandhyākāḷī (संध्याकाळी).—f (sandhyā S) A flower, Marvel of Peru.

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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: Sandhyakalina.

Full-text: Divasabhariyaca.

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