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Rosa x odorata

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

(hort ex Andrews) Sweet

Common Names

• Tea Rose
• Xiang shui yue ji (Pinyin)
• Rosier de Bengale

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan-China
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam Of cultivated origin?

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets
• streamside
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (China) or Apr-Aug (China) Summer early autumn

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (China)

Evergreen or semi-evergreen climbing or scrambling prickly shrub with solitary or 2-3 flowered clusters fragrant or unscented 80mm white, yellow or pink flowers, single, semi-double or double to 80mm across, red fruit, glabrous foliage

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• Chudian 2001
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• JAA