Plant Details

Accepted name:: Viola philippica var. philippica [Violaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Viola philippica Cav.
Infraspecies:: 2

Viola philippica var. gurwhalensis W.Becker

Viola philippica var. pseudojaponica (Nakai) Y.S.Chen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
herba violae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tokyo violet	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
tokyo violet herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
violae herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zi hua di ding	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
zihuadiding	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zǐhuādìdīng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
紫花地丁	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herb		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Viola philippica subsp. munda W.Becker Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 120: 175 (1917).
Viola yedoensis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 148 (1912).
Viola alisoviana Kiss Bot. Közlem. 19: 93 (1921).
Viola edanoi W.Becker Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 722 (1921 publ. 1922).
Viola patrinii var. chinensis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: ? (1916).
Viola philippica f. candida (Kitag.) Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 322 (1939).
Viola tosaensis Nakai Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 191 (1925).
Viola yedoensis f. albescens (Taken.) Hiyama ex F.Maek. in H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 223 (1954).
Viola yedoensis f. barbata Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 26: 157 (1951).
Viola yedoensis f. candida Kitag. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 102 (1934).
Viola yedoensis f. glaberrima F.Maek. in H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 223 (1954).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Viola philippica var. munda W. Beck	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Viola yedoensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Viola yedoensis Makino	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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