Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort, à ¤Âà ¤¾à ¤²à ¥ à ¤®à ¥Âà ¤¸à ¥Âà ¤²à ¥ (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.
C. orchidoides is known as Nilappana (à ´¨à ´¿à ´²à ´ªà µÂà ´ªà ´¨) in Malayalam, Nelatadi (à °¨à ±Âà °²à °¤à °¾à °¡à °¿) in Telugu, Nilapanai (à ®¨à ®¿à ®²à ®ªà ¯Âà ®ªà ®©à ¯Â) in Tamil; all the three meaning ground-palm, as well as à ¬Âà ÂÂà ¬Âà ¬Âà ÂÂà ¬¨à ÂÂà ¬¦à ¬¾ and à ¬¤à ¬¾à ¬³à ¬®à ÂÂà ¬³à  in Odiya and à ¦¤à ¦²à ¦®à §Âà ¦²à ¦¿ in Bengali.
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.