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Rosa x odorata var. gigantea

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

(Collett ex Crépin) Rehder & E.H. Wilson

Common Names

• Da hua xiang shui yue ji (Pinyin)
• Kyanza (Myanmar)
• Mawk-hnangsi (Myanmar)
• Mawk-kyanza (Myanmar)
• Taw-hninsi (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan-China
• Myanmar
• N Thailand
• N Vietnam
• NE India

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• thickets
• montane forests
• riverside
• streamside
• scrubland
• forests margins

Flowering Times

• Early summer Mar (China)

Fruiting Times

Vigorous deciduous or semi-evergreen spiny climber or creeper with single creamy-white or yellow to pinkish, slightly fragrant flowers to 140mm diameter, yellow or orange-red fruit to 25mm long

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• Chudian 2001
• The Plant List
• USNH
• JAA