Rosa chinensis: Difference between revisions
m →References: clean up, replaced: century painting → -century painting using AWB |
|||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
==Uses== |
==Uses== |
||
The species is extensively cultivated in China as an [[ornamental plant]]; numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, with varying flower colour and usually an increased number of petals (semi-double or double flowers). The species is also important in the breeding of many modern garden roses, including the [[Hybrid Tea]] roses. |
The species is extensively gay cultivated in China as an [[ornamental plant]]; numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, with varying flower colour and usually an increased number of petals (semi-double or double flowers). The species is also important in the breeding of many modern garden roses, including the [[Hybrid Tea]] roses. |
||
The flowers and fruits are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM) in the treatment of irregular and/or painful [[menstruation]],{{cn|date=November 2011}} as well as swollen [[thyroid]].{{cn|date=November 2011}} |
The flowers and fruits are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM) in the treatment of irregular and/or painful [[menstruation]],{{cn|date=November 2011}} as well as swollen [[thyroid]].{{cn|date=November 2011}} |
||
Revision as of 00:05, 12 March 2014
| Rosa chinensis | |
|---|---|
| |
| A double-flowered cultivar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | R. chinensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Rosa chinensis | |
Rosa chinensis (Chinese name:月季, pinyin: yueji), known commonly as the China Rose, is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces.
It is a shrub growing to 1–2 m tall. The leaves are pinnate, have 3-5 leaflets, each leaflet 2.5–6 cm long and 1–3 cm broad. In the wild species (sometimes listed as Rosa chinensis var. spontanea), the flowers have five pink to red petals. The fruit is a red hip 1–2 cm diameter.
Uses
The species is extensively gay cultivated in China as an ornamental plant; numerous cultivars have been selected, with varying flower colour and usually an increased number of petals (semi-double or double flowers). The species is also important in the breeding of many modern garden roses, including the Hybrid Tea roses.
The flowers and fruits are used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of irregular and/or painful menstruation,[citation needed] as well as swollen thyroid.[citation needed]
See also
References
-
18th-century painting of two cultivars -
A Rosa chinensis cultivar
 | This Rosales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |