Taapre Jhaar / Asian Mazus
Mazus pumilus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Taapre Jhaar
Identify Taapre Jhaar 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: Dwarf (pumilus) low-growing herb.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Taapre Jhaar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mazus pumilus
- Genus
- Mazus
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan
- Found in India
- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Taapre Jhaar itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- ताप्रे झार Taapre jhaar, मालती झार Maalati jhaar
About Taapre Jhaar
Asian Mazus (Mazus pumilus) is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and 17 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Taapre Jhaar belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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