Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banafasha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
banafsha	Other	Ethnobot. Relevance of Weed Flora, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
banagsha	Other	Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
banaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banfsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banshafa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barknafsha	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
dandibirali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulbansa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulvansfa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulvansha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanksha	Other	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)
vanpsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Whole plant, Flower, Stem		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Branches		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
flower, leaves		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Whole plant		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Whole plant		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
flowers		Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)
Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Viola serpens var. canescens (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 184 (1872).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Viola canescence Wall.	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Viola canescens	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Viola canescens Wall ex Roxb	Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Viola canescens Wall.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. Relevance of Weed Flora, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Viola canescens Wall. ex Roxb	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Viola canescens Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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