Curculigo orchioides explained

Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort,^[1] कालो मुस्ली (in Nepal) black musli,^[2] Kali musli,^[3] or Kali Musali^[4]) is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo. It is native to Nepal, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Papuasia, and Micronesia.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]} The species has been reported also from islands such as Guam and New Caledonia.^[14]

Names

C. orchidoides is known as Nilappana (നിലപ്പന) in Malayalam, Nelatadi (నేలతాడి)^[15] in Telugu, Nilapanai (நிலப்பனை) in Tamil; all the three meaning ground-palm, as well as କୁଆକେନ୍ଦା inOdiya, ତାଳମୂଳୀ in Bengali-Tallur.

Chemical compounds

From C. orchidoides, several chemical compounds of the curculigoside class including curculigoside A, B, C and D^[16] and curculigine A and D^[17] have been isolated.^[18]

Notes and References

1. Book: Tumbuhan liar: khasiat ubatan & kegunaan lain . 24 . Hean Chooi Ong . Utusan Publications . 2004 . 9676116300.
2. http://amprs.kau.edu/html/Research%20Publications.htm Kerala Agricultural University, Aromatic And Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali, list of publications
3. Francis . S. V. . Senapati . S. K. . Rout . G. R. . 10.1007/s11627-007-9041-x . Rapid clonal propagation of Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., an endangered medicinal plant . In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant . 43 . 2 . 140 . 2007 . 40396225 .
4. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Kali Musali): An endangered medicinal plant of commercial value. Saba Irshad . J Singh . S P Jain . S P S Khanuja . Natural Product Radiance. 5. 2006. 369–372.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303703 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028043 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 272 仙茅 xian mao Curculigo orchioides Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788.
7. Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
8. Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
9. Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
10. Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
11. Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
12. Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
13. Guillaumin, A. (1948). Flore Analytique et Synoptique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 1-369. Office de la recherche scientifique coloniale.
14. Web site: Observations . 2024-05-19 . iNaturalist . en.
15. Web site: Andhra Bharati Dictionary.
16. 10.1016/j.fitote.2006.05.013. 16814485. Two new benzylbenzoate glucosides from Curculigo orchioides. Fitoterapia. 77. 6. 416–9. 2006. Valls. Josep. Richard. Tristan. Larronde. Fabienne. Leblais. Véronique. Muller. Bernard. Delaunay. Jean-Claude. Monti. Jean-Pierre. Ramawat. K.G.. Mérillon. Jean-Michel.
17. 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.01.005. 19328665. Antiosteoporotic activity of phenolic compounds from Curculigo orchioides. Phytomedicine. 16. 9. 874–881. 2009. Jiao. Lei. Cao. Da-Peng. Qin. Lu-Ping. Han. Ting. Zhang. Qiao-Yan. Zhu. Zheng. Yan. Fei.
18. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.028. New polyphenols active on β-amyloid aggregation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18. 2. 828–831. 2008. Rivière. Céline. Richard. Tristan. Vitrac. Xavier. Mérillon. Jean-Michel. Valls. Josep. Monti. Jean-Pierre. 18042380.