Images and Information of Viola odorata

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A HANDBOOK OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Author - DR.P.N.V.KURUP, DR.V.N.K.RAMADAS & JOSHI,P
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Distribution

India: Jammu & Kashmir; cultivated in W B, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and T N. N.W. Asia, Europe and N. Africa

Title - FLORA OF INDIA VOL 2

Author - Botanicaly Survey of India

Distribution

Meghalaya : Cultivated at Shillong and other hill stations

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Author - KANJILAL & BOR

Viola odorata L., Sp. Pl. 934. 1753; S.P.Banerjee & al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 369. 1993.

VIOLACEAE

Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Folk

Total 29 Vernacular names found in 6 languages.

English (7) - blue violet, devon violet, english violet, parma violet, parma violets, sweet violet, sweet-scented violet

Hindi (5) - bag-banosa, banafsa, banafsha, banafshah, banaphsa

Marathi (1) - bagabanosa

Sanskrit (4) -

Sanskrit Comments

banafsha, banapsa, vanaphsa, vanspika

Tamil (6) - curiyakan ti, orital-t-tamarai, ratna purus, ratnapurucu, vayilethe, vayilettu

Urdu (6) - abroo, banafsha, banafshah, gul banafsha, gul banafshah, gul-e-banafsha