Family: Hypoxidaceae
Synonym: Curculigo brevifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton, Curculigo densa W.Bull
Vernacular name: Nilappana
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Malesia and Australia, America
Flowering and Fruiting: June-December
Key
identification features: Small herbs, rhizome
oblong, perennial. Leaves lanceolate, plicate, base sheathing. Perianth yellow,
stamens 6, filaments erect; ovary 3-celled, ovules many, villous. Fruit
baccate; seeds subglobose.
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