Curculigo orchioides - 5th wild flower seen of this season

[shubhada nikharge]

Hi,
I saw only one plant of Curculigo orchioides on 9th June 2010 and today it is all over.

Bot. name: Curculigo orchioides
Common name: yellow ground star
Marathi name: kali musali
Family : Hypoxidaceae 

Cheers,
Shubhada


"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."

[Dinesh Valke]

.... do not believe so, dear Shubhada ... these flower throughout monsoon ... got their photos in June, July, August, September.
Regards.

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[tanay bose]

Ahh !! nice to see KALI MUSLI after the safed one seems that at CBD the musli rules !!
Tanay

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[shubhada nikharge]

Dear Dinesh,
I know they flower throughout the monsoon. But I am putting up pics of wild flowers in chronological order as i see them. ( The order is Amorphophallus, Pancratium, Chlorophytum, Crinum, Scilla and Curculigo.  Next one is Cucurma)
Cheers,
Shubhada

 

"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."

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[Gurcharan Singh]

What a sweet coincidence

Two uploads of the same species one after another by two different members.

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[Dr K. Brijesh]

On Jun 13, 6:06 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a sweet coincidence
> Two uploads of the same species one after another by two different members.
>
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> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

> Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:06 AM, shubhada nikharge <
>
>
>
> shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > Dear Dinesh,
> > I know they flower throughout the monsoon. But I am putting up pics of wild
> > flowers in chronological order as i see them. ( The order is Amorphophallus,
> > Pancratium, Chlorophytum, Crinum, Scilla and Curculigo.  Next one is
> > Cucurma)
> > Cheers,
> > Shubhada
>
> > "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can
> > do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
>

> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
> > *To:* shubhada nikharge <shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in>
> > *Cc:* indian tree pix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> > *Sent:* Sat, 12 June, 2010 11:47:06 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:38236] Curculigo orchioides - 5th wild

> > flower seen of this season
>
> > .... do not believe so, dear Shubhada ... these flower throughout monsoon
> > ... got their photos in June, July, August, September.
> > Regards.
>
> > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:38 PM, shubhada nikharge <
> > shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> >> Hi,
> >> I saw only one plant of Curculigo orchioides on 9th June 2010 and today
> >> it is all over.
> >> Bot. name: Curculigo orchioides
> >> Common name: yellow ground star
> >> Marathi name: kali musali
> >> Family : Hypoxidaceae
>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Shubhada
>
> >> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
> >> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
>
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Shubhada ji,

Nice photos

Syn – Curculigo malabarica Wight

sanskrit - तालमूली, मुसली

Kannada - ನೆಲತಾಳೆ [ Nelataale ]

Tulu - ನೆಲಮುಂಡ [ Nelamunda ]

Common in grasslands.

Flower : June- October [ In Some texts mentioned that Fl.& Fr:
September-September ].

Medicinal Properties:

Rhizomes used in piles, jaundice, asthma, diarrhoea, gonorrhoea,
demulcent, diuretic & aphrodisiac.

Used for itch and skin diseases.

Regards

Dr K Brijesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks for the regional names, Brijesh ji.
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[R. Vijayasankar]

Tamil Name: Nilappanai kizhangu GôŠð¬ù‚Aöƒ° (means the tuberous root appears like a miniature palmyrah trunk!)

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Brijesh ji, Vijayasankar ji for the regional names.

Curculigo orchioides ... is commonly known as: common curculigo, golden eye-grass, orchid palm grass • Bengali: তলমুলি talamuli • Hindi: काली मुसली kali musli, ताल मूली tal-muli, तीर्ण पदी tirna padi • Kannada: ನೆಲತಾಳೆ nelataale • Konkani: मसळकांदो masalkamdo • Malayalam: നിലപ്പന nilappana • Marathi: काळी मुसळी kali musali, मुसळकंद musalakanda, तालमूली tal-muli • Oriya: talamuli • Sanskrit: मुसली musali, तालमूली talamuli • Tamil: நிலப்பனைக்கிழங்கு nilappanaikkilanku • Telugu: తాలమూలి nelamuli, నేలతాడి nela-tadi, తాలమూలి talamuli • Tulu: ನೆಲಮುಂಡ nelamunda



Regards.