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Damask Rose
Rosa damascena
Damask Rose · Damask rose · Damask rose (EN) · Damaszener Rose · Damaszener-Rose · Mawa · Mawar · Portland-Rose (DE) · Rosier de Damas · damascenerros · damask rose · damaskrose
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Iraq, Eurasia, Turkey, Nepal, CY, FI, IN, LY
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aperient, Astringent, Carminative, Heart
Science studied: BENZALDEHYDE, CHLOROGENIC-ACID, CITRONELLYL-ACETATE, DAMASCENONE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific name: Rosa damascena
Common names: Damask Rose, Damask rose, Damask rose (EN), Damaszener Rose, Damaszener-Rose, Mawa, Mawar, Portland-Rose (DE), Rosier de Damas, damascenerros, damask rose, damaskrose
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Iraq, Eurasia, Turkey, Nepal, CY, FI, IN and 4 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aperient
- Astringent
- Carminative
- Heart
- Laxative
- Perfume
- Refrigerant
- Scurvy
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- Sore(Throat)
- Tonic
- Tonsillitis
- Stomachic
- Cardiotonic
- Medicine
- Nervine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Iraq
- Eurasia
- Turkey
- Nepal
- CY
- FI
- IN
- LY
- NO
- SE
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Aperient
- Astringent
- Carminative
- Heart
- Laxative
- Perfume
- Refrigerant
- Scurvy
- Sore(Throat)
- Tonic
- Tonsillitis
- Stomachic
show 3 more documented entries
- Cardiotonic
- Medicine
- Nervine
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BENZALDEHYDE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CITRONELLYL-ACETATE
- DAMASCENONE
- CYANIN
- EO
- TRANS-TRANS-FARNESOL
- GERANIOL
- GERMACRENE-D
- HEPTANAL
- HEPTANOL
- HEXYL-ACETATE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- LINALOL
- LYCOPENE
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- METHYL-HEPTENONE
- MYRCENE
- NERAL
- NEROL-OXIDE
- NONANOL
- OCTANAL
- OLEFIN-C-17
- OLEFIN-C-18
- OLEFIN-C-20
- OLEFIN-C-21
- PARAFFIN-C-16
- PARAFFIN-C-17
- PARAFFIN-C-20
- PARAFFIN-C-22
- PARAFFIN-C-23
- PECTOLINARIGENIN
- PENTANAL
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- QUERCETIN
- TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- XANTHOPHYLL
- ZEAXANTHIN
- CAROTENE
- CITRONELLOL
- EUGENOL
- GERANIAL
- GERANYL-PROPIONATE
- HEXANOL
- PARAFFIN-C-21
- PARAFFIN-C-25
- PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL
- PROLINE
- QUERCITRIN
- RUBIXANTHIN
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- DECANAL
- ETHANOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- 3-HEXENAL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- NEROL
- NERYL-ACETATE
- OCTANOL
- OLEFIN-C-19
- PARAFFIN-C-15
- PARAFFIN-C-19
- PARAFFIN-C-24
- BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE
- CIS-ROSE-OXIDE
- TARAXANTHIN
- TRANS-BETA-DAMASCENONE
- CAMPHENE
- CARVONE
- LIMONENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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