Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa × dumalis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

There is a layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit. These hairs can cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract if ingested.

Botanical Description

Rosa × dumalis is a prickly, more or less erect, deciduous shrub that can grow around 100 - 200cms tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, and cultivars have been developed that are grown for their vitamin-rich fruits[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. From the crossing R. dumalis Bechst. × R. pendulina L. var. salaevensis (Rap.) R. Keller the cultivar 'Vitaminrose Piro 3' was selected in Germany, cultivated in central Germany and in the Netherlands on a rather large scale[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, excluding northern Russia; W. Asia - Turkey and the Caucasus; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia

HabitatWoods, hedges, scrub etc[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Very rare in southern Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].