| Author : Gaertn |
| Family : Hypoxidaceae |
| Habit: Small tree |
| Sanskrit: Herb |
| English: Musali |
A small herb, with elongate, oblong rhizome, sub-sessile, lanceolate leaves, bright yellow flowers, in racemes and oblong fruits containing about 8 globose, glossy, beaked seeds.
Rhizome
leucorrhoea, menstrual disorders, bleeding, skin diseases, retention of urine, asthma, bronchitis, jaundice, diarrhoea, cuts, wounds, piles, vomiting, eye diseases, gonorrhoea
curculigo saponins G, H, I & J, curculigol, hentriacontanol, sitosterol, stigmasterol, cycloartenol, sucrose, yuccagenin, lycorine, corchiolside A, curculigoside 5,7-dimethoxy-dihydromyricetin-3-0-α-L-xylopyranosyl (4?1)-β -D-glucopyranoside, 25-dihydroxy-33-methylpentatricontan-one, 3-methoxy-5-acetyl-31-tritricontene, 2-methoxy-4-acetyl-5-methyltriacontane, palmitic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, arachidic and behenic acids