Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort,[1] कालो मुस्ली (in Nepal) black musli,[2] Kali musli,[3] or Kali Musali[4]) is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo.

It is native to Nepal, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Papuasia, and Micronesia.

[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The species has been reported also from islands such as Guam and New Caledonia.

[14] C. orchidoides is known as Nilappana (നിലപ്പന) in Malayalam, Nelatadi (నేలతాడి)[15] in Telugu, Nilapanai (நிலப்பனை) in Tamil; all the three meaning ground-palm, as well as କୁଆକେନ୍ଦା and ତାଳମୂଳୀ in Odiya and তলমূলি in Bengali.

From C. orchidoides, several chemical compounds of the curculigoside class including curculigoside A, B, C and D[16] and curculigine A and D[17] have been isolated.