Mukhajali / Tropical Sundew
Drosera burmanni
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- October-February
How to identify Mukhajali
Identify Mukhajali by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small rosette of round sticky sundew leaves.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Basal.
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drosera burmanni
- Genus
- Drosera
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas in grasslands and degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, West Africa, Himalayas, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Assam, Odisha, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- BasalrecordedLeaves cluster at the base of the plant rather than along a stem.“Drosera burmanni is an herb that produces very short stems and red or green leaves in a rosette.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mukhajali itself; the rest are typical of the Droseraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“White flowers are produced in groups of 3 to 10 on 6–15 cm (2–6 in) tall racemose inflorescences, of which there can be one to three per plant.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mukhajali itself; the rest are typical of the Droseraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मुखजली Mukhajali,मुखजली mukhajali
- Tamil
- அழுகண்ணி
- Telugu
- బురద బూచి Burada Buchi, కవర మొగ్గ Kavara Mogga
- Kannada
- ಹುಳುಹಿಡುಕನ ಗಿಡ
- Marathi
- दवबिंदु Davabindu
About Mukhajali
Tropical Sundew (Drosera burmanni) is a herb in the Droseraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It grows in marshy areas in grasslands and degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Droseraceae
Sundew Family
Mukhajali belongs to the Droseraceae family.
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