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  or ; English: 'weevil-wort'. Species
 Curculigo annamitica Gagnep. – Vietnam
 Curculigo breviscapa S.C.Chen – China (Guangxi, Guangdong)
 Curculigo capitulata 
 Curculigo conoc Gagnep. – Vietnam
 Curculigo crassifolia 
 Curculigo disticha Gagnep. – Vietnam
 Curculigo ensifolia R.Br. – Australia
 Curculigo erecta Lauterb. – Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
 Curculigo fabrei 
 Curculigo fakimensis 
 Curculigo gracilis 
 Curculigo janarthanamii R.D. Gore & S.P.Gaikwad – India
 Curculigo latifolia 
 Curculigo maharashtrensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra
 Curculigo maheensis 
 Curculigo oligantha 
 Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. – China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia
 Curculigo pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. – tropical Africa, Madagascar
 Curculigo prainiana 
 Curculigo racemosa Ridl. – Borneo
 Curculigo rhizophylla 
 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

References 

Curculigo janarthanamii Gore & S.P.Gaikwad, Phytotaxa 357(1): 72 (2018). Curculigo sabui S.P.Gaikwad & Gore, Nordic J. Bot. 37(7)-e02340: 2 (2019)

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Asparagales genera
Pantropical flora
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner