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Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.

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Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCurculigo brevifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton
synonymCurculigo densa W.Bull
synonymCurculigo firma Kotschy & Peyr.
synonymCurculigo malabarica Wight
synonymCurculigo orchioides var. minor Benth.
synonymCurculigo pauciflora Zipp. ex Span.
synonymCurculigo petiolata Royle
synonymCurculigo stans Labill.
synonymFranquevillea major Zoll. ex Kurz
synonymGethyllis acaulis Blanco
synonymHypoxis dulcis Steud. ex Baker
synonymHypoxis minor Seem., nom. illeg.
synonymHypoxis orchioides (Gaertn.) Kurz
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • তলমুলি Talamuli
English
  • Black musale
  • Black Musli
Hin
  • Kali musli
Hindi
  • काली मुसली Kali Musli
  • ताल मूली Tal-muli
  • तीर्ण पदी Tirna Padi
Irula
  • Nilappannai
Kannada
  • Nelatygadda
  • ನೆಲತಾಳೆ Nelataale
Konkani
  • मसळकांदो Masalkamdo
Malayalam
  • Nelpana
  • Nilappana
  • നിലപ്പന Nilappana
Marathi
  • काळी मुसळी Kali Musali
  • तालमूली Tal-muli
  • मुसळकंद Musalakanda
Oriya
  • Talamuli
Other
  • Common Curculigo
  • Golden Eye-grass
  • Golden Eye Grass
  • Orchid Palm Grass
  • ನೆಲಮುಂಡ Nelamunda
Sanskrit
  • तालमूली Talamuli
  • मुसली Musali
Tamil
  • Nilappanai Kizhangu
  • நிலப்பனைக்கிழங்கு Nilappanaikkilanku
Telugu
  • తాలమూలి Nelamuli
  • తాలమూలి Talamuli
  • నేలతాడి Nela-tadi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Small herbs, rhizome to 15 cm long, oblong, perennial. Leaves 10-15 x 2 cm, lanceolate, plicate, base sheathing, pilose, subsessile. Perianth yellow, 1.5 cm across; tube 3 cm long, narrow, sparsely pilose; stamens 6, filaments erect; ovary 3-celled, ovules many, villous. Fruit baccate; seeds subglobose.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: A small rhizomatic herb, upto 15cm.
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: June-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Morphology
            Flower

            In racemes, solitary or 3-5; yellow. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            An oblong capsule, terete; seeds 8, globose, glossy, beaked. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Leaves radical, plicate, strongly nerved; basal sheath densely imbricate.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Clustered

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Lanceolate

            Leaf Apex

            Acuminate

            Leaf Base

            Attenuate

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Scrub forests, hilly areas, roadsides
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam; America

                  Indian Distribution

                  Jalukbari

                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Global Distribution

                    Indo-Malesia

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Very common on the forest floors, scrub jungles and the exposed rocky cliffs from plains to 1600m. India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Malesia and Australia.
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                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        Unani
                        Unani
                        Traditional chinese medicine
                        Traditional chinese medicine
                        Sowa-Rigpa
                        Sowa-Rigpa
                        Medicinal
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          Rhizome is used in tradional medicines.
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                            System Of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

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                              Folklore
                              Indigenous Information: The rhizome mixed with curd and taken orally for 3 days is believed to increase sperm count.
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                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. Curculigo malabarica Wight, Ic. t. 2043A.1853.
                                2. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 63. t. 16. f.11. 1788; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 279. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1502(1050). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 290. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 415. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 388. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 473. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 396. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 804. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 505. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 476. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 385. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,27,39. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 467. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 340. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 79. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 720. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 453. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 311. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 351. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 716. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 503. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 689. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 876. 2009.
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=700
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. Curculigo malabarica Wight, Ic. t. 2043A.1853.
                                2. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 63. t. 16. f.11. 1788; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 279. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1502(1050). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 290. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 415. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 388. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 473. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 396. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 804. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 505. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 476. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 385. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,27,39. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 467. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 340. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 79. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 720. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 453. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 311. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 351. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 716. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 503. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 689. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 876. 2009.
                                3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=700

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassLiliopsida
                                OrderAsparagales
                                FamilyHypoxidaceae
                                GenusCurculigo
                                SpeciesCurculigo orchioides Gaertn.
                                📊 Temporal Distribution
                                📷 Related Observations
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