Curculigo orchioidesGaertn
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.
- Family: Hypoxidaceae
- Habit: Herbs
- Habitat: Wet tropical biome
- Status : Common
Vernacular names
English- golden eye-grass
Malayalam-nilappana
Medicinal Uses
Useful in general debility, cough, jaundice, asthma, and piles.
