✿Violaceae · Viola
Banafsha / Smooth-Leaf White Violet
Viola pilosa
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- January-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Viola pilosa
- Genus
- Viola
- Family
- Violaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia and China
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Violaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Banafsha itself; the rest are typical of the Violaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बनफ़्शा Banafsha, banafsha
- Nepali
- धट्टे घाँस Ghatte ghans
- Kannada
- Bili kaamakasthoori
About Banafsha
Smooth-Leaf White Violet (Viola pilosa) is a herb in the Violaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and 5 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Botanical family
Violaceae
Violet Family
Banafsha belongs to the Violaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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