Sweet violet

Description

Small hardy perennial forming of the more or less extended colonies, with the stems forming of let us stolons, with the sheets oval, in heart at the base, provided with a long petiole and with the odorous flowers, at the end of a thin stem, flowering from February to May, formed of five petals purple with which the inferior is provided with a spur which is sterile (whereas small greenish and late flowers form Graine S).

It colonizes the Bois and the hedges. It is very cultivated especially in the area of Toulouse

Characteristics

There are 91 species of violets in Europe, including 19 in France, 22 in Switzerland and 15 in Belgium, and it is the only one with being odorous

Patent rights

The sweet violet, only whose flowers are scented is used in Parfumerie

Food use

the sheets can be added raw aus Salade S or be cooked in Soupe S which they thicken because of their Mucilage.
the flowers are used as decoration with the Patisserie S, fraiches or crystallized with sugar.

Medicinal properties

the Infusion of flowers of sweet violet is sudorific

All the Violette S have emollient properties and expectorantes, and were employed in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and the whooping-cough, still nowadays in the form of pastilles to be sucked.

the sweet violet has a long story of use in Herboristerie. One allotted to him, without no proof, of the virtues against the epilepsy, asthma, the skin diseases and eczema. It would be also a soft laxative, dépuratif, diurétique, emollient… a

Of the baths containing Décoction of sheets would give results for the rheumatic diseases.

the root is emetic because of presence of violine.

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