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Viola biflora

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Viola biflora is a herbaceous perennial plant forming a mat of growth 2 - 20cm tall from a short, creeping rhizome. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and incense. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Uses

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Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Viola odorata contains alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, methyl salicylate, mucilage and vitamin C (Stuart, 1989). About 30 cyclotides are identified from the aerial parts and roots of Viola odorata, 13 of which are novel sequences (Ireland et al., 2006).[2]

Common names

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Viola biflora is quite cold tolerant, unharmed by temperatures of -10°c and probably lower.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • A Cabdella (Pallars Jussà - Catalunya)

  • A Cabdella (Pallars Jussà - Catalunya)

  • Viola biflora12072002.JPG

  • Japan - Mount Haku

  • Viola biflora 3.jpg
  • Viola biflora12072002vuegnrle.JPG
  • Viola biflora 2.jpg

  • Japan - Mount Haku

  • Viola biflora 4.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. ↑ Chemical constituents
  3. ↑ [Morphology]
  4. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

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