Parma Violets are a type of British violet-flavored tablet confectionery manufactured by the Derbyshire company Swizzels Matlow. They are named after the Parma violet variety of the flower. The sweets are hard, biconcave discs, based on similar aniseed confectionery traditionally consumed in India after a spicy meal. Their flavor has been described as sweet with a soapy or floral taste. In the Edwardian era, violet-flavored chocolate and liquor were used to relieve sickness. The delicate purple flowers of the Parma Violet plant also give their name to a delicate, violet-scented sweet Parma Violets, manufactured by Swizzels Matlow. The origins of the Parma Violet plant are unknown, though they have been shown to be derived from two different Viola alba strains, and more closely resemble, in flower color and odor, Viola odorata. The Parma Violet plant was first imported into Naples in the latter part of the 19th century, when Filippo Savorgnan di Brazzà took the plant to Udine.