Rosa cinnamomea

Cinnamon rose

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit (hips) are eaten.

Where to Find It

It suits hardiness zones 6-10.

Australia, Europe, North America, Russia, Siberia, USA,

Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Austria, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A shrub. It grows 1.8 m high and spreads 1.5 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The stems are slender and purple. The leaves are greyish-green and have down on them. The flowers can be single or double and are pink. The fruit are elongated hips that are dark red.

Notes

There are about 150 Rosa species and many cultivated varieties.

Names & Synonyms

See Rosa majalis

References (7)

Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
Crate, S. A., 2008, "Eating Hay": The Ecology, Economy and Culture of Viliui Sakha Smallholders of Northeastern Siberia. Human Ecology 36:161-174
Cundall, P., (ed.), 2004, Gardening Australia: flora: the gardener's bible. ABC Books. p 1214
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 573
Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 257
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Sp. pl. 1:491. 1753

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