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• Chestnut Rose
• Chinquapi
• Double Chestnut Rose
• Fourreau de Châtaigne
• Kastanienfrucht-Rose
• Rosa microphylla Roxb. ex Lindl. synonym
• R. microphylla Synonym
• R. roxburghii
• Rosa roxburghii f. plena Rehder synonym
• Rosa roxburghii 'fiore pieno'
• R. roxburghii plena
• Rosa roxburghii Tratt.
• Rosa roxburghii Tratt. f. roxburghii

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Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. roxburghii

Introduced in France by Jean-Pierre Vibert in 1825 as 'Rosa microphylla Roxb. ex Lindl. synonym'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by James Colvill in before 1825 as 'Rosa microphylla Roxb. ex Lindl. synonym'.

Species / Wild.  

Pink.  Flowers lilac pink on short pedicels.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  

Height: up to 6' (up to 185cm).  Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Produces decorative hips.  

Diploid

Current botanic name: R. roxburghii f. roxburghii. The original Chestnut rose which was discovered in Asia was this double form of R. roxburghii.