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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
jappu (Tam.) ; Gulab-kali (the flower buds.) (Guz. and Mar.) ; 
GuUb, gul, gul&b (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 ^Dymock). 
474. R. centi'folia Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 364, Roxb. 
404. 
Vern.: — Gulab (H.) ; (Golap (B.) ; Groja (Tam.) ; 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 gland ular-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. R. Gallica Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 364. 
Habitat : — Europe and Asia Minor. Cultivated in India. 
Style distinct. Stem erect, prickles mixed with glandular 
bristles, slender, equal. Flowers erect. 
