Viola odorata L.
| Synonym : | Viola odorata f. odorata Viola wiedemannii Boiss. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bonfasha phul |
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| Family : | Violaceae |
| Disease : | Headache, constipation. |
| Description : | Herbs perennial, acaulescent, stoloniferous.Rhizome erect or oblique, brownish. Leaves basal; leaf blade orbicular or reniform to broadly ovate-cordate, smaller at anthesis, base deeply cordate, margin crenate, apex rounded or ± acute. Flowers deep purple, large, fragrant; pedicels long, slender. Sepals oblong or oblong-ovate. Petals crenate; spurs of 2 anterior stamens robust.Ovary puberulous; styles slender and straight at base, thickened upward and slightly compressed. Capsule globose. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Sep. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Flowers contain an emetic principle violin which is acrid and bittter, a volatile oil, rutin, cyanin, a colourless chromogen, a glycoside of methyl salicylate and sugar. Leaves contain an essential oil, an alkaloid, colouring matter, friedelin, ?-sitoster |
| Uses : | The plant is used in Headache, constipation. |
| Habit : | Herb |