Curculigo trichocarpa (Wight) Bennet & Raizada

 
  • Family : HYPOXIDACEAE
    (Lily Or African Potato Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MUSLI FAMILY (काली मूसली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Hypoxidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Molineria trichocarpa (Wight) N.P.Balakr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Molineria trichocarpa (Wight) N.P.Balakr.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nakkadumpa (Telugu)
    • Nilampana (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In moist and shady places in Tropical evergreen forests and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1000m, in shade, especially on shola floor
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, B. Sadasivaiah
  • Collection Date : 27-06-2010
  • Collection Nos : FAP 39603
  • Collection Locality : Batrepalli forest, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Vizianagaram district, Vishakapatnam district, Anantapur district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Yoganarasimhan, SN., Subramanyam and Razi, BA (1981). Flora of Chikmagalur District, Karnataka. Intl, Book Distri., Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Herbarium specimen from Batrepalli forest, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Curculigo trichocarpa. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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