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Curculigo orchioides

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Wikipedia Abstract

Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort, black musli, Kali musli, or Kali Musali) is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo. It is native to China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia. Odiya- କୁଆକେନ୍ଦା ,ତାଳମୂଳୀ Bengali-Tallur—Tamil-நிலப்பனை. In C. orchidoides, curculigoside A, B, C and D and curculigine A and D can be found. Curculigosides are natural phenols found in C. orchioides that could be useful against β-amyloid aggregation.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0