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Accession Data:

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.

  • Common Name: Kali Musali, Golden-eye Grass
  • Family: Hypoxidaceae R.Br.
  • Synonym(s): Hypoxis orchioides

  • Country of Origin: Pakistan, India to southeast Asia, Pacific
  • Habitat: tropical to subtropical fields and open forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202400038
  • Source: Smith College
  • Provenance:
    Division from Smith College Lyman Conservatory, Feb 15 2024
  • Accession Date: 06-04-2024
  • Bench: 1220 - AUS:East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Hypoxidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • Medicinal Plants - Ayurveda Medicine

References (external):

data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:36:34 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Curculigo orchioides

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Current Accessions in the Hypoxidaceae

  • Curculigo orchioides
  • Hypoxis hemerocallidea
  • Hypoxis villosa
  • Hypoxis wrightii
  • Molineria capitulata
  • Spiloxene canaliculata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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