botanical record · discovered
Common Violet
Viola odorata
Common Violet · Sweet Violet · Craith Unnos · Crinllys · Crinllys Aroglys · Crinllys Perarogl · Crinllys Pêr · English violet · Esgidiau'r Gog · Fioled Bêr · Fioledau Pêr · Gwiolydd · Kvapioji našlaitė · Maarts viooltje · March violet · Marts-viol · Meddyges Wen · Meddygyn
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Haiti, Eurasia
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Antitussive, Aperient, Bilious
Science studied: BENZYL-ALCOHOL, CYANIN, DIETHYL-PHTHALATE, EO
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Violaceae
Scientific name: Viola odorata
Common names: Common Violet, Sweet Violet, Craith Unnos, Crinllys, Crinllys Aroglys, Crinllys Perarogl, Crinllys Pêr, English violet, Esgidiau'r Gog, Fioled Bêr, Fioledau Pêr, Gwiolydd, Kvapioji našlaitė, Maarts viooltje, March violet, Marts-viol, Meddyges Wen, Meddygyn
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Haiti and 10 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antiseptic
- Antitussive
- Aperient
- Bilious
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cough
- Diaphoretic
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- Emetic
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Eye
- Fever
- Fungicide
- Laxative
- Liqueur
- Lung
- Pectoral
- Perfume
- Poison
- Purgative
- Sedative
- Bactericide
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Nervine
- Sudorific
- Cathartic
- Tea
- Tumor
- Eczema
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Australia
- Spain
- Mexico
- Haiti
- Eurasia
- Venezuela
- West Indies
- Dominican Republic
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- Kurdistan
- Czechoslovakia
- Peru
- US
- Chile
- Iraq
Documented cultural uses
- Antiseptic
- Antitussive
- Aperient
- Bilious
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cough
- Diaphoretic
- Emetic
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Eye
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- Fever
- Fungicide
- Laxative
- Liqueur
- Lung
- Pectoral
- Perfume
- Poison
- Purgative
- Sedative
- Bactericide
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Nervine
- Sudorific
- Cathartic
- Tea
- Tumor
- Eczema
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- CYANIN
- DIETHYL-PHTHALATE
- EO
- EUGENOL
- 3-BETA-FRIEDELANOL
- FRIEDELIN
- N-HEPTENOL
- N-HEXANOL
- N-HEXENOL(?)
- BETA-IONONE
- ISOBORNEOL
- KAEMPFEROL
- MYROSIN
- 2,6-NONADIEN-1-AL
- 2,6-NONADIEN-1-OL
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- OCTADIENOL(?)
- OCTENOIC-ACID
- N-2-OCTEN-1-OL(?)
- OCTYLIC-ACID
- ODORATINE
- PARMONE
- PIPERONAL
- QUERCETIN
- RUTIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SAPONINS
- SCOPOLETIN
- SINAPIC-ACID
- TRIACETOAMINE
- UNDECANONE-2
- VANILLIN
- VIOLARUTIN
- VIOLIN
- VIOLUTOSIDE
- D-DIHYDRO-BETA-IONONE
- FERULIC-ACID
- GAULTHERIN
- N-HEPTYL-ACID
- ALPHA-IONONE
- BETA-IRONE
- MALIC-ACID
- BETA-NITROPROPIONIC-ACID
- L-ZINGIBERENE
- ENANTHIC-ACID
- ALDEHYDE
- D-DIHYDRO-ALPHA-IONONE
- HEPTENOL
- ALPHA-IRONE
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- N-OCTENOL(?)
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- VIOLAQUERCITRIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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