# Curculigo
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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Curculigo orchioides.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Curculigo orchioides](/source/Curculigo_orchioides)''
| taxon = Curculigo
| authority = [Gaertn.](/source/Joseph_Gaertner) (1788)
| synonyms =
*''Aurota'' {{small|Raf. (1837)}}
*''Franquevillea'' Zoll. ex Miq. (1859)
*''Friedmannia'' {{small|Kocyan & Wiland (2016), nom. illeg.}}
*''Heliacme'' Ravenna (2003)
*''Hypoxidia'' {{small|F.Friedmann (1985)}}
*''Molineria'' {{small|Colla (1826)}}
*''Neofriedmannia'' {{small|Kocyan & Wiland (2017)}}
| synonyms_ref = [[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1430-1 ''Curculigo'' Gaertn.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 9 October 2023.]
}}
'''''Curculigo'''''[Yousif, Ragheed Hussam, et al. "Exploring the Molecular Interactions between Neoculin and the Human Sweet Taste Receptors through Computational Approaches." ''Sains Malaysiana'' 49.3 (2020): 517-525. APA] is a flowering plant genus in the family [Hypoxidaceae](/source/Hypoxidaceae), first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of [Asia](/source/Asia), [Africa](/source/Africa), [Australia](/source/Australia), and the [Americas](/source/Americas).[[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303669 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]][[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108705 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 271 仙茅属 xian mao shu ''Curculigo'' Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788. ]]
[Curculin](/source/Curculin) is a sweet [protein](/source/protein) that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of ''Curculigo latifolia'',[{{cite journal |vauthors=Yamashita H, Theerasilp S, Aiuchi T, Nakaya K, Nakamura Y, Kurihara Y |title=Purification and complete amino acid sequence of a new type of sweet protein taste-modifying activity, curculin |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=265 |issue=26 |pages=15770–5 |date=September 1990 |doi=10.1016/S0021-9258(18)55464-8 |pmid=2394746 |url=http://www.jbc.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=2394746|doi-access=free }}] a plant from [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia). Like [miraculin](/source/miraculin), curculin exhibits [taste-modifying](/source/%3ACategory%3ATaste_modifiers) 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 {{lang|zsm|lembah}} or {{lang|zsm|lumbah}}; English: 'weevil-wort'.[{{cite book | title=Tumbuhan liar: khasiat ubatan & kegunaan lain | page=24 | author=Hean Chooi Ong | publisher=Utusan Publications | year=2004 | isbn=9676116300}}]
==Species==
[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)[ includes:
*''[Curculigo annamitica](/source/Curculigo_annamitica)'' Gagnep. – Vietnam
*''[Curculigo breviscapa](/source/Curculigo_breviscapa)'' S.C.Chen – China (Guangxi, Guangdong)
*''[Curculigo capitulata](/source/Curculigo_capitulata)'' {{small|(Lour.) Kuntze}}
*''[Curculigo conoc](/source/Curculigo_conoc)'' Gagnep. – Vietnam
*''[Curculigo crassifolia](/source/Curculigo_crassifolia)'' {{small|(Baker) Hook.f.}}
*''[Curculigo disticha](/source/Curculigo_disticha)'' Gagnep. – Vietnam
*''[Curculigo ensifolia](/source/Curculigo_ensifolia)'' R.Br. – Australia
*''[Curculigo erecta](/source/Curculigo_erecta)'' Lauterb. – Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
*''[Curculigo fabrei](/source/Curculigo_fabrei)'' {{small|Hul}}
*''[Curculigo fakimensis](/source/Curculigo_fakimensis)'' {{small|(Odyuo, D.K.Roy & Khamdi) Christenh. & Byng}}
*''[Curculigo gracilis](/source/Curculigo_gracilis)'' {{small|(Kurz) Wall. ex Hook.f.}}
*''[Curculigo janarthanamii](/source/Curculigo_janarthanamii)'' R.D. Gore & S.P.Gaikwad – India][Gore & S.P.Gaikwad (2018) ''Phytotaxa'' 357(1): 72.]
*''[Curculigo latifolia](/source/Curculigo_latifolia)'' {{small|Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton}}
*''[Curculigo maharashtrensis](/source/Curculigo_maharashtrensis)'' M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
*''[Curculigo maheensis](/source/Curculigo_maheensis)'' {{small|(F.Friedmann) Christenh. & Byng}}
*''[Curculigo oligantha](/source/Curculigo_oligantha)'' {{small|(C.E.C.Fisch.) Bennet & Raizada}}
*''[Curculigo orchioides](/source/Curculigo_orchioides)'' Gaertn. – China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia
*''[Curculigo pilosa](/source/Curculigo_pilosa)'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. – tropical Africa, Madagascar
*''[Curculigo prainiana](/source/Curculigo_prainiana)'' {{small|(Deb) Bennet & Raizada}}
*''[Curculigo racemosa](/source/Curculigo_racemosa)'' Ridl. – Borneo
*''[Curculigo rhizophylla](/source/Curculigo_rhizophylla)'' {{small|(Baker) T.Durand & Schinz}}
*''[Curculigo sabui](/source/Curculigo_sabui)'' S.P. Gaikwad & Gore – India[S.P.Gaikwad & Gore (2019) ''Nordic J. Bot.'' 37(7)-e02340: 2.]
*''[Curculigo savantwadiensis](/source/Curculigo_savantwadiensis)'' M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
*''[Curculigo scorzonerifolia](/source/Curculigo_scorzonerifolia)'' (Lam.) Baker – southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
*''[Curculigo seychellensis](/source/Curculigo_seychellensis)'' Bojer ex Baker – Seychelles
*''[Curculigo sinensis](/source/Curculigo_sinensis)'' S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan)
*''[Curculigo tonkinensis](/source/Curculigo_tonkinensis)'' Gagnep. – Vietnam
*''[Curculigo trichocarpa](/source/Curculigo_trichocarpa)'' {{small|(Wight) Bennet & Raizada}}
== References ==
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