Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Violaceae
Leaf arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Elliptic
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Attenuate
Leaf Margin
Serrate
Habit : An erect herb.
Habitat and Distribution : Common in arable, pasture and wastelands. Plains from the coast to 900m in exposed place. Widely found in Africa and Madagascar, scattered in India and Sri Lanka, in south east China to tropical Australia.
Field Tips : The conspicuous rose petal has a deeper hue.
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Names:
Tamil : Orilai Thamarai
Flower:
Solitary, pink. Flowering throughout the year.Fruit :
A capsule, sub globose, three valved. Seeds ribbed. Fruiting throughout the year.
