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Roses
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ROSE
Rosa species
For essential oil: Rosa damascena, R. centifolia, R. gallica
For eating/medicine: R. rugosa
Family: Rosaceae
Names: Rose (German); rose (French); rosa da essenza (Italian); rosa (Spanish); Roza (Polish)
Rose hips--Hipberry
Essential oil roses: Damask Rose, Bulgarian rose, Turkish rose, Cabbage Rose, Red Rose
Description: a woody shrub its shoots bear thorny, alternate, unpaired pinnatisect leaves and flowers in terminal corymbs
with a swollen receptacle that produces the fleshy false fruit or hip, which contains the true fruits or achenes.
Cultivation: Perennial to zone 5. Germinates in 2-3 months. Space 3-4 feet apart. Soil temperature 70-75F. Soil should
be fairly rich and well drained with a pH of 5.5-6.5. Full sun. Propagates best by cuttings. Dry, hot weather produces
more fragrant flowers. The roots are dug up in summer and dried in the sun to make rose-root water.
Constituents: Flower contains essential oil which includes citronellol, geraniol nerol, eugenol, linalool, L-p-menthene,
cyanin, gallic acid, beta-carotene
Fruit: vitamins C, B, E, K; nicotinamide, organic acids, pectin.
Medicinal Properties: Rosehips: antiscorbutic, diuretic; Petals: carminative, stimulant, emmenagogue
Energetics: (petals) sweet, slightly bitter, warm; rose hips: sour, neutral
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