*Viola betonicifolia* Sm. [image: Viola betonicifolia Sm.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89774904>
*vy-OH-la* or *vee-OH-la* -- Latin: *viola* (violet); any of several flowering plants including violets and pansies ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Viola> • Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/viola> *bet-on-ih-see-FOH-lee-uh* -- having foliage like *betony* (*Stachys officinalis*) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=betonicifolia> *commonly known as*: arrowhead violet, betony-leaved violet, mountain violet, showy violet • *Adi*: japjor, jortung • *Ao*: hingpangmoli • *Assamese*: বানোচা বন banocha bana • *Bengali*: বনফ্শা banaphsha • *Dogri*: बनक्शा banaksha • *Garhwali*: वनफशा vanaphasha • *Hindi*: बनफ्शा banafsha • *Kannada*: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ವಯೋಲಾ betta vayola • *Kashmiri*: नून्पोश् nunposh • *Moyon*: manshang ynlor • *Nyishi*: tadro • *Pahari*: garurabuti गरुड़बूटी, garurjadi गरुड़जडी • *Persian*: بنفشه کوهی banafsha kohi • *Rajasthani*: वनप्सा vanapsa *botanical names*: *Viola betonicifolia* Sm. ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 18 January 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *arrowhead violet, betony-leaved violet, mountain violet, showy violet* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_betonicifolia> - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* *japjor, jortung* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 18 January 2025 ~~~~~ AO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Nagaland* ... spoken by: Ao Naga people *hingpangmoli* - Kichu, Meyanungsang & Malewska, Teresa & Akter, Kaisarun & Imchen, Imchawati & Harrington, David & Kohen, James & Vemulpad, Subramanyam & Jamie, Joanne. (2015). An ethnobotanical study of medicinal Plants of Chungtia village, Nagaland, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273326728> Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 166. 10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.053. ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *বানোচা বন banocha bana* - Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158007225234730&set=gm.2663390500558525> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *বনফ্শা banaphsha (or বনপ্শা banapsha)* - popular name shared, for want of name ... বনফ্শা banaphsha = wild violet ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *बनक्शा banaksha* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1123322191028345&set=a.703258753034693&comment_id=1123487741011790&reply_comment_id=1251273365986349¬if_id=1737199610585556¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif> ~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: *Uttarakhand* *वनफशा vanaphasha* - OSADHI <https://neist.res.in/osadhi/detail.php?name=Viola+betonicifolia> - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *बनफ्शा banafsha* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1123322191028345&set=a.703258753034693&comment_id=1123487741011790&reply_comment_id=1251273365986349¬if_id=1737199610585556¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಬೆಟ್ಟ ವಯೋಲಾ betta vayola* - name coined, for want of name; ಬೆಟ್ಟ betta = mountain ; ವಯೋಲಾ vayola = *Viola*, the genus name / flower name adapted in Kannada language ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: *Kashmir* ... other names for this language: Koshur *नून्पोश् nunposh* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1123322191028345&set=a.703258753034693&comment_id=1123487741011790&reply_comment_id=1251273365986349¬if_id=1737199610585556¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif> - पोश् = flower, blossom (by Pandits often written पोष्) ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/grierson/> by George Abraham Grierson ... thus name variant: नून्पोष् nunposh ~~~~~ MOYON ~~~~~ written in: *Meitei* (ꯃꯣꯌꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland ... spoken by: Moyon people, also known as Bujuur people or the Moyon Naga *manshang ynlor* - Alphonsa, Wanglar & Chara, Elija. (2021). Indigenous Fishing Methods of the Moyon Tribe of Manipur (India) and Myanmar. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356884778> Society & Sustainability. 3. 54-67. 10.38157/societysustainability.v3i2.334. - Maisnam, Milochka & Panmei, Robert & Adhikary, Pinaki & Dilip, Salam & Loushambam, R S. (2024). A Review of wild edible plants in Manipur: Enhancing sustainable livelihoods and economic development in the Indo-Myanmar Hotspot Region. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385740811> - the name needs to be rendered in native script ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung *tadro* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 18 January 2025 ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand *garurabuti गरुड़बूटी, garurjadi गरुड़जडी* - Ojha SN, Tiwari D, Anand A, Sundriyal RC. Ethnomedicinal knowledge of a marginal hill community of Central Himalaya: diversity, usage pattern, and conservation concerns. <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7245762/> J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2020 May 24;16(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13002-020-00381-5. PMID: 32448334; PMCID: PMC7245762. ~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~ written in: *Farsi* (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar *بنفشه کوهی banafsha kohi* - ویکی پدیا - دانشنامهٔ آزاد <https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87%DB%8C> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *वनप्सा vanapsa* - name of another species *Viola odorata* L. shared, for want of name; R. P. Kanther - DOMINANT FLORA OF PALI-DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA <https://indianbotsoc.org/view-article-page/1015> J. Indian Bot. Soc., Vol. 100 (1&2) 2020:01-15 ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, *!*Bihar, *!*Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kashmir, ***Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, *!*Maharashtra, Manipur, ***Meghalaya, ***Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, ***Sikkim, ***Tamil Nadu, ***Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. Last accessed 18/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state *!* distribution doubtful ~~~~~ Created on: 13:49 18-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:44 20-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/viola-betonicifolia-sm.html Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/viola-betonicifolia-sm.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 20:09:32 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> via Species >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > V >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> > >> *Viola betonicifolia* Sm. ... *family*: Violaceae >> >> [image: Viola betonicifolia Sm.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F30740030713%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHfVnax-9OBxSjJUH8s-jJAVM1a6Q> >> >> >> [image: Flowers of India] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Frisearch%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3DViola%2Bbetonicifolia%26stpos%3D0%26stype%3DAND&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEKqSx54NGFLoW1fRcAfU6vdJWF2Q> >> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Viola%20betonicifolia> >> [image: more views in flickr] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DViolabetonicifolia%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFcAtFkoDOKHK_0-E5M1NqrneDRNw> >> [image: more views on Google Earth] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DViolabetonicifolia%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLpMaPxrBjuGeH6Vd8woJlkQ9VcA> >> >> >> *vy-OH-la* or *vee-OH-la* -- referring to the *Violet* genus ... Dave's >> Botanary >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DViola&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGO0q4ADTNH8DAf8MbS8_eyyQ4xYA> >> *bet-on-ih-see-FOH-lee-uh* -- having foliage like *betony* (*Stachys >> officinalis*) ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dbetonicifolia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGFkkFxTfioFuXchelcg36TC0QL7w> >> >> >> >> *commonly known as*: arrowhead violet >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/arrowhead-violet> >> , betony-leaved violet >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/betony-leaved-violet> >> , mountain violet >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/mountain-violet> >> , showy violet >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/showy-violet> >> >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Viola betonicifolia* Sm. ... *synonyms*: ... status >> at *The Plants List* (2013). Version 1.1. >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Ftro-33801371&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF-kcIztbzVL3wg0SMILU9OnyED8g> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> November 14, 2016 ... 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