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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Rosa centifolia (Rosaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cabbage Rose; Ward Juri Berri; Gulab; Rose; Gula Bagh; Rosa Centofoglie; Provence Rose

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Aperient English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Astringent India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer(Mouth) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Fever Mexico *
Nervine Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Nervine Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Perfume German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vulnerary Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.