| Accepted name: |
Viola odorata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Sweet Violet
March Violet
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| French names: |
Violette odorante
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Violales
Family: Violaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVIOOD
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Formerly also much used as medicinal herb in folk medicine (especially rootstock and flowers). In India and Cuba still grown for that purpose. Largely cultivated as ornamental especially for its sweet odour. In N Italy, S France, Irland (?), and along the southern beach of Crimea formerly grown for the essential oil from leaves and flowers used in perfumery(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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