Habenaria roxburghii, commonly known as Roxburgh's habenaria, malle leena gadda[1] and as chekku dumpa in Telugu,[2] is a species of orchid found in southern India. It is a tuberous terrestrial herb, NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 tall. There are two or three more or less round leaves, about 70sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and 50sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide lying flat on the ground. The flowers pure white are arranged in long, dense cluster up to 80sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long. The sepals are broad egg-shaped, about 8sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and the labellum has three lobes. The middle lobe is 8sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and the side lobes are small. The species is usually found in shady places in the undergrowth of forests and is found in the Eastern Ghats.[3]
Habenaria roxburghii was first formally described in 1976 by Dan Henry Nicolson and the description was published in the book "Flora of Hassan District, Karnataka, India".