Article (magazine)  (2009)  Page(s) 30.  
 
R. macrophylla Lindl.  Source Loubert Chromosome Number 14

Website/Catalog  (2009)  
 
Rosa macrophylla Lindl.

Habitat : The temperate Himalayas from Punjab to Sikkim at altitudes of 1,200–3,600 m.
[Name in] Ayurvedic : Vanya Taruni (nonclassical). (Flowers—pink, fruits—red.)
Folk : Ban-gulaab.

Action : Fruits—rich in vitamin C (769 mg/100 g).

Article (magazine)  (2008)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Table 3.
R. macrophylla Lindl. Ploidy=4

Article (misc)  (Jun 2007)  
 
R. macrophylla is one of the largest flowered and most strikingly colored of the Himalayan rose species, with flowers ranging from dark pink to almost red. It forms an upright shrub reaching up to 5 meters with dark red or purple stems.
We had a dramatic introduction to this magnificent rose, in 1982, when climbing the footpath to the Valley of Flowers, an alpine valley in the Central Himalayas, at around 2700 meters elevation. Walking around a bend in the path, we were about to cross the icy cold waters of the River Pushpganga, (literally, ‘flower Ganges’) when we saw the reflection, in the waters, of the beautiful red flowers --- a stunning sight indeed. It was a huge bush, covered with blooms.
The famous botanist, J. D. Hooker, called it ‘the great red rose, one of the most beautiful Himalayan plants, whose single flowers are as large as the palm of the hand.’
Ghora and Panigrahi refer to 3 additional varieties of R. macrophylla in India. Apart from R. macrophylla itself, where the petals are pink to red, R. macrophylla var. hookeriana, with pink to white petals, var. minor, and var. arguta are mentioned. Here again contemporary field studies are required.

Book  (May 2003)  
 
Rosa macrophylla Lindley
Shrubs 1.5-3 meters tall. Branchlets purple-brown, robust; prickles absent or if present, in pairs below leaves, straight...leaflets (7 or) 9-11 (-13), oblong or elliptiovate...with prominent veins...Flowers solitary or 2 or 3...Petals 5, deep red...Flowers June-July, Fruit Aug. - Nov. 2n=14. Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Sikkim.

Book  (2001)  Page(s) 447-448.  
 
Rosa macrophylla Lindl., Ros. monogr. (1820) 35, t. 6.
Rosa hoffmeisteri Klotzsch ex Klotzsch & Garcke, Bot. Ergeb. Reise Prinz Waldemar (1862) 153, t. 7; R. alpina var. macrophylla Boulenger in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxell. 13 (1935) 248.
Hindi ban-gulap; tumbi, shingari, yal, trind (Punjab).
Temperate regions of Pakistan, Punjab, Himalaya, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan.
Cultivated in India and China for perfume, fruits are used as fresh food and drug. Used in the region of Ladakh for yellow-dyeing of woollen cloth.
Ref.: Bhattacharyya 1991, 305; Ghora & Panigrahi 1995, 481 pp.; Wealth of India 9, 1972.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 214.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. macrophylla Himalayas 1818. Description... bright, cerise-pink flowers... Large orange fruits hang conspicuously, rather like small, slim, bristly pears...

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 87.  
 
Rosa macrophylla
One of the largest of the shrubby roses reaching 15 feet in height and as much or more in width. Creates a ferny shade...Flowers are of warm clear pink, followed by bristly, long, flagon-shaped fruits. It is often without prickles, and the leaflets, from 7 to 9 in number, are hairy beneath.
Two subsequent collections by Forrest were named 'Glaucescens' and 'Rubricaulis' by Messrs Hillier. In the former the leaves are particularly glaucous, and in the latter the plum-like bloom on the dark reddish stems is a distinguishing feature. 'Rubicaulis' has not proved so hardy as the other forms....'

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 74.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] Description. Hips are variable, but sometimes very large, particularly in Schilling 2079, a form from Nepal. Summer flowering. Height: 10 ft. Some scent. Hardy only to USDA Zone 7.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 158.  
 
location 143a, 146/1, 147/1, R. macrophylla Lindl., CINNAMOMEAE, western China, Himalayas, northern India, 1818, light red, single, medium size, cluster-flowered, very floriferous, late-blooming, vigorous, bushy, upright, 3-4 m, few broad prickles, 7-9 leaflets, orange-red medium-large, matte-glossy glandular pear-shaped to bottle-shaped fruit, upright persistent sepals, many hips