Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
CLASSIFICATION
| ORDER | : Asparagales |
| FAMILY | : Hypocidaceae |
| GENUS | : Curculigo Gaertn. |
| SPECIES | : orchioides Gaertn. |
| BOTANICAL NAME | : Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. |
| SYNONYMS | : --- |
| COMMON NAME | : Golden eye grass |
| TAMIL NAME | : Nilappaaikkilanku |
| HINDI NAME | : Kali musli. |
PLANT DESCRIPTION
| HABIT : A perennial herb with underground stout elongated root-stocks. |
| LEAVES : Radical, sessile, linear-lanceolate, glabrescent. Scape short and flattened. |
| FLOWERS : Golden-yellow in colour, in small racemes. Lower females, upper males, bracts lanceolate. Perianth 6-partite, stamens 6, filaments short. Ovary inferior, 3-celled. |
| RUIT : Capsule, beaked. Seeds subglobose, black, strongly rugose. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME : June - September |
MEDICINAL USES
| The rhizomes of the plants are used for the treatment of decline in strength, jaundice and asthma. According to Ayurveda, root is heating, aphrodisiac, alternative, appetizer, fattening and useful in treatment of piles, biliousness, fatigue, blood related disorders etc. |
| According to Unani system of medicine, root is carminative, tonic, aphrodisiac, antipyretic and useful in bronchitis, ophthalmia, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, lumbago, gonorrhea, gleet, hydrophobia, joint pains etc. |
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