Banafasha: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Banafasha in India is the name of a plant defined with Viola canescens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging. var. canescens (Wall.) Hook. f. & Thomson (among others).
2) Banafasha is also identified with Viola cinerea.
3) Banafasha is also identified with Viola odorata.
4) Banafasha is also identified with Viola patrinii It has the synonym Viola patrinii DC. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. (1978)
· The Flora of British India (1872)
· Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. Newslett. (Zurich) (1995)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
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