Plant Details

Accepted name:: Viola japonica Langsd. ex Ging. [Violaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
litoucao	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
purple flower earth spike	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
violae herba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zi hua di ding	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
犁头草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Viola japonica f. albida F.Maek. in H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 205 (1954), not validly publ.
Viola japonica f. barbara (Hiyama) F.Maek. in H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 205 (1954).
Viola japonica f. pallescens Sugim. J. Geobot. 16: 50 (1968).
Viola japonica var. variegata Hatus. Exp. Forest. Kyushu Imp. Univ. 5: 132 (1934).
Viola japonica f. variegata (Hatus.) F.Maek. in H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 205 (1954).
Viola kapsanensis Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 35 (1922).
Viola kapsanensis var. albiflora Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 36 (1922).
Viola metajaponica Nakai Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 192 (1925).
Viola metajaponica f. barbara Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 26: 157 (1951).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Viola japonica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Viola japonica Langsd.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Viola japonica Langsd. Ex Ging.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Viola japonica Langsd. ex Ging.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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