| Accepted name: |
Rosa blanda Aiton |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Smooth Rose
Meadow Rose
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| French names: |
Rosier inerme
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WROSBL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Rose oil is considered an ANTISEPTIC, ANTI-SPASMODIC, APHRODISIAC, LAXATIVE, EMMENAGOGUE, SEDATIVE, TONIC, and STOMACHIC. The oil is used to treat CHOLECYSTITIS, NAUSEA, CONSTIPATION, CONJUNCTIVITIS, DEPRESSION, IMPOTENCE and FRIGIDITY(*2). |
| Key Characters: |
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