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  • COMMON NAME: Sweet violet,Garden violet,Common blue violet,Viol.
  • ARABIC: بنفسج
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Viola odorata L.
  • SYNONYMS: Viola odora Neck.
  • FAMILY: VIOLACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Cosmectis (C)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://plant-identification.net/perennials/viola-odorata/ Encyclopedia of medicinal plants of UAE 1&2 from Zayed complex for herbal Research & traditional medicine, AD. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:868828-1
The oil extracted from the flowers and leaves is used in the perfume industry. The plant has well-known uses in folk medicine to treat cancer and whooping cough, and it contains salicylic acid and thus is effective in treating headaches, migraines and dizziness. Ornamental plant.

Evergreen perennial plants, up to 20 cm high, 20 - 40 cm wide, stem central, short, with radiating stolons forming a carpet of growth. Leaves ovate, with rounded apex, widely cordate at the base, pubescent. Flowers solitary, fragrant, on long peduncles, lower petals saccate at the base, purple to violet.

Cultivated in UAE as ornamental plant (grows in moist soil).
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