526 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



jappu (Tarn.) ; Gulab-kali (the flower buds.) (Guz. and Mar.) ; 

 Gulab, gul, gulab (Pushtu.) 



Habitat : — The commonest Indian Garden Rose, cultivated 

 for Attar. Native country unknown. 



Prickles unequal, large, hooked, sepals reflexed in flower. 



Use : — In India, rose buds are preferred for medicinal use, 

 as they are more astringent than the expanded flowers ; they 

 are considered to be cold and dry, cephalic, cardiacal, tonic 

 and aperient, removing bile and cold humors. Externally ap- 

 plied, the petals are used as an astringent. The stamens are 

 thought to be hot, dry and astringent, and the fruit is credited 

 with similar properties. A conserve made from equal parts 

 of rose petals and white sugar beaten together, known as 

 gulkand, is considered tonic and fattening, and is much used 

 by women and old people. Shaikh-el-Rais says that he cured 

 a consumptive young woman with it ^Dyinock). 



474, R. centifolia Linn, h.f.b.l, ii. 364, Eoxb. 

 404. 



Vera.:— Gulab (H.) ; (Golap (B.) ; Groja (Tarn.) ; Roja (Tel.) ; 

 Paninir (Mai.) ; Gulabi (Kan). 



Eng.: — The Hundred-leaved or Cabbage Rose. 



Habitat : — A native of Caucasus and Assyria, cultivated in 

 India. 



Styles distinct. Stem erect, prickles mixed with the glandu- 

 lar bristles, unequal, large, hooked, bristles numerous ; leaflets 

 and calyx glandular-cilliate ; flowers nodding. 



Parts used : —The Petals and Oil. 



Use : — The petals are said to be mildly laxative. The oil 

 or the attar of roses is employed in medicine to disguise the 

 unpleasant odor of certain ointments, and other external ap- 

 plications. The petals are given in the form of a syrup as a 

 laxative to infants (Watt). 



475. ft. Gallica Linn, h.f.b.l, ii. 364. 



Habitat : — -Europe and Asia Minor. Cultivated in India. 

 Style distinct. Stem erect, prickles mixed with glandular 

 bristles, slender, equal. Flowers erect. 



