• Source: Curculigo

Curculigo is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin, curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however, unlike miraculin, it also exhibits a sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin, water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as lembah or lumbah; English: 'weevil-wort'.




Species


Plants of the World Online includes:

Curculigo annamitica Gagnep. – Vietnam
Curculigo breviscapa S.C.Chen – China (Guangxi, Guangdong)
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
Curculigo conoc Gagnep. – Vietnam
Curculigo crassifolia (Baker) Hook.f.
Curculigo disticha Gagnep. – Vietnam
Curculigo ensifolia R.Br. – Australia
Curculigo erecta Lauterb. – Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Curculigo fabrei Hul
Curculigo fakimensis (Odyuo, D.K.Roy & Khamdi) Christenh. & Byng
Curculigo gracilis (Kurz) Wall. ex Hook.f.
Curculigo janarthanamii R.D. Gore & S.P.Gaikwad – India
Curculigo latifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton
Curculigo maharashtrensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
Curculigo maheensis (F.Friedmann) Christenh. & Byng
Curculigo oligantha (C.E.C.Fisch.) Bennet & Raizada
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. – China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia
Curculigo pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. – tropical Africa, Madagascar
Curculigo prainiana (Deb) Bennet & Raizada
Curculigo racemosa Ridl. – Borneo
Curculigo rhizophylla (Baker) T.Durand & Schinz
Curculigo sabui S.P. Gaikwad & Gore – India
Curculigo savantwadiensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
Curculigo scorzonerifolia (Lam.) Baker – southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
Curculigo seychellensis Bojer ex Baker – Seychelles
Curculigo sinensis S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan)
Curculigo tonkinensis Gagnep. – Vietnam
Curculigo trichocarpa (Wight) Bennet & Raizada




References






External links


Data related to Curculigo at Wikispecies
Media related to Curculigo at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Marasai
• Gunung Butak
• Sulam Tumpar
• Curculigo
• Curculigo capitulata
• Curculigo orchioides
• Curculigo latifolia
• Curculigo ensifolia
• Grass (disambiguation)
• Curculin
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Dasapushpam
• McKee Botanical Garden