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Rosa moschata

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Hermann

Common Names

• Persian Musk Rose
• Musk Rose
• Himalayan Musk Rose
• Domala (Magar)
• Bhainsi Kanda (Nepali)
• Gulab (Nepali)
• Tawar Buju (Tamang)
• Fu san fang qiang wei (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Himalayas
• Iran
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Afghanistan
• Shandong
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Bhutan
• Himalayas
• N India
• Iran
• Kashmir
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan

Natural Habitats

• Open rocky places
• forest
• thickets
• scrubland
• forest edges.ontane areas
• streamside.

Flowering Times

• Summer to Autumn May
• Jun (China) Summer

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Prickly shrubby deciduous or semi-evergreen spiny-stemmed sometimes scandent climber with terminal many-flowered corymbs of fragrant 50mm single to semi-double creamy-white or pale red flowers, 18mm long, sepals pubescent outsiude tomentose within 20mm long sometimes lobed, whie petals 20mm long, 10mm diameter glabrous purple-brown to dark red fruit, recurved thorns, serrated pubescent leaves with 5-9 leaflets to 70mm long

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• APDC, USNH
• The Plant List
• Botanicus
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• JAA