Curculigo orchioides

Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort, कालो मुस्ली (in Nepal) black musli, Kali musli, or Kali Musali ) is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo. It is native to Nepal, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Papuasia, and Micronesia. The species has been reported also from islands such as Guam and New Caledonia.

Names
C. orchidoides is known as Nilappana (നിലപ്പന) meaning ground palm in Malayalam and "Nilapanai"(நிலப்பனை) in Tamil, କୁଆକେନ୍ଦା in Odiya, ତାଳମୂଳୀ in Bengali-Tallur.

Chemical compounds
From C. orchidoides, several chemical compounds of the curculigoside class including curculigoside A, B, C and D and curculigine A and D have been isolated.