Viola pilosa Blume

 
  • Family : VIOLACEAE
    (Violet Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RATHNAPURUSHA FAMILY (रत्नपुरुष फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Violaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging.; Viola wightiana Wall. ex Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viola pilosa Blume
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bilikamakasturi (Kannada)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Small herb
  • Flower, Fruit : January-April
  • Collection Nos : KFP 9617, KFP 11384, CS 1225
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district, Theni district
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia and China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2015 Feb.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viola pilosa. Downloaded on 4 November 2024.

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