Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze

 
  • Family : HYPOXIDACEAE
    (Lily Or African Potato Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MUSLI FAMILY (काली मूसली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Hypoxidaceae
  • Basionym : Leucojum capitulatum Lour.
  • Synonym(s) : Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.; Tupistra esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Curculigo foliis-variegatis Pynaert; Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam.; Curculigo glabra Merr.; Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton; Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull; Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin; Curculigo sumatrana Roxb.; Molineria hortensis Britton; Molineria plicata Colla; Molineria recurvata (W.T.Aiton) Herb.; Molineria sulcata Kurz; Molineria sumatrana (Roxb.) Herb.; Veratrum mairei H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Common name : Palm grass
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along streams in the hills under shade
  • Comments / notes : Often cultivated in gardens.
  • Key identification features : Rootstocks tuberous; Leaves long petioled, lanceolate, plicate, hairy on veins beneath; Scapes many, stout or slender, flattened, villous; Inflorescence raceme; Flowers yellow; Berries creamy-white to white; Seeds black.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Satara district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalahandi district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district, Puri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 196-197
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Curculigo capitulata. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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