Plant Details

Accepted name:: Viola pilosa Blume [Violaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aankhle	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aule ghor	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
baga banusa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
banafasha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
banafashaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
banafsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banafsaj kokash	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
banafsha	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
banafshah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
banafsi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
banaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banfsha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banpyas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barknafsha	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
bili kaamakasthoori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gatha ghans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
giddar tamaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokash	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kotan pel	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
patendo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rate jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sweet voilet	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
thungtu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ti kaphal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tilikosyo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vanaphasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanaphsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanapsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
冷毒草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Roots		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaves and flowers		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
leaves, flowers		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
flower, leaves		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
flower	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf	dried leaf	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Viola glaucescens Oudem. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 74 (1867).
Viola pogonantha W.W.Sm. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 228 (1920).
Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 296 (1824).
Viola aspera Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 295 (1824).
Viola blumii Korth. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 76 (1867).
Viola buchaniana DC. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 206 (1825).
Viola burgersdijkii Oudem. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 77 (1867).
Viola burgersdijkii f. nodosa Boissieu & Captin. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 57: 337 (1910).
Viola celebica W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 321 (1916).
Viola dubia Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1450 (1829), nom. nud.
Viola glandulifera Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 452 (1824).
Viola griffithiana Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 54 (1854).
Viola palmaris Buch.-Ham. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 298 (1824).
Viola royleana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1448 (1829), not validly publ.
Viola sarmentosa Burgersd. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 120 (1852), nom. illeg.
Viola serpens var. glabra Hook.f. & Thomson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 184 (1872).
Viola serpens var. pilosa (Blume) Hochr. Candollea 2: 438 (1925).
Viola wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 32 (1834).
Viola wightiana var. pubescens Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 20 (1858).
Viola wrightiana Watt J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 379 (1881), nom. nud.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Viola glaucoscens Ouhem.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Viola pilosa Bi.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Viola pilosa Bl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Viola pilosa Blume	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Viola pilosa Blume.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Viola pogonantha W.W.Sm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Viola serpens	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Viola serpens L.	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Viola serpens Wall	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Viola serpens Wall.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Viola serpens Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Viola serpens wall.	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)

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