Family Name: Rosaceae
Botanical Name(s): Rosa Centrifolia, Rosa Damascena
Popular Name(s): Red Rose, Pink Rose
Parts Used: Red Rose petals, Pink Rose petals, Rose oil, Rose leaves, Rose buds, Rose Calyx, Rose roots.
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India
Description: Individual plants are usually shrubby in appearance with long drooping canes and greyish green leaves. The flowers are round and globular, with thin overlapping petals that are higly scented.
Uses: Rejuvenating and tonic. It is used in internal asthma, high blood pressure, bronchitis, slow circulation, diarrhea, dysmenarrhea (painful menstruation), cough, fever and fluid retention, indigestion, insomnia, palpitation, stress and urinary tract infections.