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Specimen profile
Golden Eye Grass
Curculigo orchioides · Hypoxidaceae
Skt · Musali — “Possessing pestle-like tuberous roots”Hindi · Kali MusliMal · NilappanaTam · Nilapanai
A celebrated rejuvenating geophyte whose tuberous rhizomes are potent rasayana and aphrodisiac tonics.
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Curculigo orchioides is a small, herbaceous perennial with lanceolate leaves and bright yellow star-shaped flowers arising near the ground. Its fleshy, elongated rootstock penetrates vertically into moist forest soils and is widely valued in classical Vajikarana therapies. The tuber is mucilaginous, dense, and renowned for nourishing deep dhatus.
Identification markers
Stemless rosette of plicate, lanceolate, palm-like leaves; bright yellow solitary or clustered flowers at ground level; elongated cylindric blackish-brown tuberous root.
Rasa
Madhura, Tikta
Guna
Guru, Snigdha, Picchila
Virya
Ushna
Vipaka
Madhura
Prabhava
Vajikarana
Dosha effect
VP- K+
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