Nela Thadi Curculigo orchioides నేలతాడి

Описание: Nela Thadi Curculigo orchioides నేలతాడి
Therapeutic uses
Curculigo is used as a rejuvenating tonic, aphrodisiac drug, and diuretic.
It is useful in general debility, cough, jaundice, asthma, and piles.
Morphological characteristics
Roots of kalimusali are straight, cylindrical, tuberous, 5–22 cm long, and 0.5–0.8 cm thick.
The external surface is brownish, marked with loosely spaced, prominent, transverse wrinkles.
Lateral roots are 5 cm or more in length, stout, fibrous, dull white in colour, and spongy externally.
The freshly cut surface of tuberous rootstock has a starch-white colour within and is mucilaginous.
Leaves are simple, sessile, crowded on the short stem with sheathing leaf bases, tapering into a short petiole, almost radical.
They are 15–45 cm long and 1.2–2.5 cm broad, linear or linear–lanceolate, membranous, glabrous or sparsely soft haired.
The leaf tip, when in contact with the soil, develops roots and produces adventitious buds.
Floral biology
Flowers are epigynous, bright yellow, bisexual or unisexual, with a lanceolate and membranous bract.
Perianth is located at the top of a slender sterile long extension of the ovary by means of which it is exposed above the ground.
Perianth is gamotepallus with six equal lobes of size 1.5 cm × 0.2 cm; outer lobes are hairy on the back, while the inner ones are sparsely hairy along nerves.
Ovary is tricarpellary, syncarpous, and trilocular with a fairly long slender beak (stipe).
Flowering and fruiting occur mostly from October to January, rarely throughout the year.
Distribution
The species occurs in shady areas of subtropical Himalayas, Western Ghats from Konkan southwards, plains of West Bengal, Central India, Chhota Nagpur, and other tropical zones.
Basically, it is a tropical plant and is found in almost all districts of India, from near-sea level up to 400 m altitude, especially in rock crevices and laterite soil.
It is a shade-loving plant and thrives well in areas that receive high rainfall.
It is considered to be a threatened species.