Viola pilosa

Viola pilosa is a rather variable, herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves and prostrate stems up to 100cm long that root at some nodes. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and possibly also as a food.

Uses

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Parts Used

Young leaves, Flowers buds.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Bili kaamakasthoori
Hindi	Banafsha
Malayalam	NA
Tamil	NA
Telugu	NA
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	Banafsha
Sanskrit	NA
English	Smooth-Leaf White Violet

Properties

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

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Viola pilosa has a wide native range from the warm temperate zone of southern China into the tropics of Thailand and Indonesia (where it is usually found at elevations over 1,000 metres).

Commonly seen growing in areas

Grasslands, Alpine woods, Pathsides.

External Links

• Viola pilosa on flowersofindia.net
• Viola pilosa on indiabiodiversity.org