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Sweet Violet

The Essentials

A sweet violet flower in close view, five deep purple petals with fine dark veins running to a pale throat
Sweet violet (banafsheh) is recognised by its five purple petals and dark throat veins — the scented flower is the part brewed.

Cooling, moistening flower — Avicenna's go-to for dry cough and feverish heat.

Sharbat-e banafsheh (violet syrup) is a Persian household sore-throat remedy.

Common 'African violet' is a different plant — use Viola odorata only.