Plant Details

Accepted name:

Rosa × centifolia L. [Rosaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alikulasankula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atikesara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atimajula	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhadrataruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatpushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burgundy rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cabbage rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carukesari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
damascus rose	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
devataruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devataruṇī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
eros	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhadya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golap	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
golap phul	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
goolabu-poo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-e-surkh	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gula-puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulab	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulab-ka-phul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulab-phul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabapushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulabi-huvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabihuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabzurdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulal-akali	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gule-gulab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gule-surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guli surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holland rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hundertblättrige rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
iroja-pushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irojap-pu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irosa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kantakodya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karṇikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kharva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kohlrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kubjaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laksa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakshapushpa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahakumari	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahasaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moshamee gulab	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
moss rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilattamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otto rose	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pale rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paninir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paninir-pushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paninirppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paninirpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panniur	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
penimirpusham	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pninirpushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
provence rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ramataruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raojapuvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
roja-pushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roja-puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rojahu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rojapoo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rojapushpamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rojapuvvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rosa	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
rosa común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rosa de castilla	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
rosa de cien hojas	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
rosa-das-cem-folhas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rosae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
rosappoovu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rosappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
rose de mai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rose oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rose pâle	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rosenblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
roses	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rosier	Other	Les Fleurs Sauvages (Grey-Wilson, 1995)
rosier cent feuilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
satapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satapatrika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saumyagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatadala	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shatapatri	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shatapatrika	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stronger rose water	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
taruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
troja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varde ahamar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
varde-ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vardul-ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varikantaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrittapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ward	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ward-e-ahmar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zentifolie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
śatapatrikā (flower)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
flower bud:petal		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
flower	volatile oil distilled from fresh flowers	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Flowers		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flower, ess. oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	oil	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
flower	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
flower	dried flower	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
flower	dired flowers	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
flower	volatile oil distilled from fresh flowers	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 84 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Rosa gallica var. centifolia (L.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 30: n.° 28 (1815).
Rosa gallica var. cristata (Prévost) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1552 (1902).
Rosa gallica var. muscosa (Mill.) Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 354 (1878).
Rosa gallica var. parvifolia Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 604 (1825).
Rosa gallica var. pomponia (Rössig) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1552 (1902).
Rosa gallica proles provincialis Samp. Man. Fl. Port.: 330 (1913).
Rosa provincialis semiduplex Andrews Roses 1: t. 14 (1806).
Rosa × burgundiaca Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 48 (1806), nom. illeg.
Rosa × burgundiaca f. roseis Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 107 (1824).
Rosa × burgundiaca f. violaceis Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 107 (1824).
Rosa × burgundica Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. 6: 97 (1791).
Rosa × burgundica minor Rössig Oekon.-Bot. Beschr. Rosen 1: 95 (1799).
Rosa × carnea Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 3: 348 (1802).
Rosa × centifolia albomuscosa E.Willm. Rosa 2: 349 (1912).
Rosa × centifolia f. albomuscosa (E.Willm.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 299 (1949).
Rosa × centifolia subvar. amoena Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 477 (1811).
Rosa × centifolia f. andrewsii Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 474 (1945).
Rosa × centifolia anemonoides Thory Prodr. Monogr. Rosier: 76 (1820).
Rosa × centifolia apetala Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 78 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia belgica Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 276 (1804).
Rosa × centifolia var. bipinnata (Pers.) Lindl. Ros. Monogr.: 65 (1820).
Rosa × centifolia var. bipinnata Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 48 (1806).
Rosa × centifolia bullata (Thory) Savi Fl. Ital. 1: 99 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia var. bullata Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 37 (1817).
Rosa × centifolia var. carnea (Dum.Cours.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 477 (1811).
Rosa × centifolia caryophyllea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 78 (1804).
Rosa × centifolia var. crenata Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 476 (1811).
Rosa × centifolia f. cristata (Prévost) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 299 (1949).
Rosa × centifolia cristata Prévost Cat. Ros.: 53 (1829).
Rosa × centifolia var. cristata (Prévost) Curtis Bot. Mag. 53: t. 3475 (1836).
Rosa × centifolia var. floretestaceo Andrews Roses 1: t. 39 (1810).
Rosa × centifolia foliacea Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 2: 59 (1820).
Rosa × centifolia grandidentata Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 78 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia holosericea Andrews Roses 1: t. 42 (1805-1828).
Rosa × centifolia var. kennedyana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 620 (1825).
Rosa × centifolia var. kingston-portugal Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 26 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia var. kingstoniana Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 476 (1811).
Rosa × centifolia var. lemeunierana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 619 (1825).
Rosa × centifolia major Ser.
Rosa × centifolia var. miniata Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 26 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia f. minor Lonacz. Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 7: 43 (1911), nom. illeg.
Rosa × centifolia var. minor Prodan Fl. Republ. Popul. Român. 4: 939 (1956), nom. illeg.
Rosa × centifolia minor Rössig Oekon.-Bot. Beschr. Rosen: tt. 20, 37 (1799-1803).
Rosa × centifolia var. minor Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 476 (1811), nom. illeg.
Rosa × centifolia var. multiplex-rubra Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 22 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia var. muscosa (Mill.) Ser. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 18 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia f. muscosa (Mill.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 547 (1905).
Rosa × centifolia var. muscosa-multiplex Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 21 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia muscosacristata Hook. Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3475 (1836).
Rosa × centifolia var. mutabilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 48 (1806).
Rosa × centifolia nivea Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 7: t. 35 var. 8 (1835).
Rosa × centifolia var. parvifolia (Ser.) Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 222 (1915 publ. 1916).
Rosa × centifolia var. petiolata Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 620 (1825).
Rosa × centifolia plicata Rössig Oekon.-Bot. Beschr. Rosen 2: 58 (1803).
Rosa × centifolia var. pomponia (Rössig) Lindl. Ros. Monogr.: 64 (1820).
Rosa × centifolia pomponia (Rössig) Duhamel in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 7: 37 (1819).
Rosa × centifolia var. pomponia-minor Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 25 (1818).
Rosa × centifolia var. prolifera (Thory) Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 620 (1825).
Rosa × centifolia prolifera Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 65 (1823).
Rosa × centifolia var. pulchella Willd.
Rosa × centifolia purpurea Andrews Roses 1: t. 36 (1817).
Rosa × centifolia var. semiduplex (Andrews) P.V.Heath Calyx 6: 70 (1999).
Rosa × centifolia f. semperflorens Loisel. & Michel in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 7: 32 (1819).
Rosa × centifolia unguiculata Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 175 (1829).
Rosa × centifolia var. unica Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 476 (1811).
Rosa × centifolia var. versicolor Andrews Roses 1: t. 37 (1805).
Rosa × centifolia vulgaris Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 619 (1825).
Rosa × dijoniensis Rössig Oekon.-Bot. Beschr. Rosen 1: 93 (1799).
Rosa × muscosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: Rosa n.° 22 (1768).
Rosa × muscosa var. alba (Andrews) Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 87 (1818).
Rosa × muscosa alba Andrews Roses 1: t. 59 (1805).
Rosa × muscosa anemonflora Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 97 (1823).
Rosa × muscosa florepallida Andrews Roses 1: t. 60 (1806).
Rosa × muscosa var. multiplex Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 41 (1817).
Rosa × muscosa nana Andrews Roses 1: t. 65 (1815).
Rosa × muscosa provincialis Andrews Roses 1: t. 59 (1805).
Rosa × muscosa salviifolia Andrews Roses 1: t. 62 (1824).
Rosa × muscosa simplex Andrews Roses 1: t. 58 (1810).
Rosa × muscosa variegata Andrews Roses 1: t. 64 (1805).
Rosa × parvifolia Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. 6: 97 (1791), nom. illeg.
Rosa × pomponia Rössig Oekon.-Bot. Beschr. Rosen 2: 53 (1803).
Rosa × pomponia muscosa Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 99 (1823).
Rosa × provincialis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: Rosa n.° 18 (1768), nom. illeg.
Rosa × pulchella Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 2: 545 (1809), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rosa centifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rosa centifolia (L.) Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rosa centifolia L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Fleurs Sauvages (Grey-Wilson, 1995) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Rosa centifolia Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Rosa centifolia Linne	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Rosa centifolia Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Rosa x centifolia	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rosa x centifolia L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Rosa ×centifolia L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images