| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Platystemma violoides Wall. |
| Bibliography | Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 42 (1831) |
| Native Range | Indian Subcontinent to China and Peninsula Malaysia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-3300m |
| Description | stem with single, broadly ovate, coarsely dentate leaf, 4-6cm long, flowers similar to Viola, thinly pedicelate, ca. 15mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bluish violet |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | annual |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Chirita violoides (Wall.) M.R.Almeida Didymocarpus hamosa Wall. Platystemma majus Wall Roettlera hamosa (Wall.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, IND India, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (LAO Laos) |