About Rosa cinnamomea Kar. & Kir. ex Déségl., 1874
Rosa majalis, commonly called cinnamon rose or double cinnamon rose, has the synonym Rosa cinnamomea sensu L. 1759, non 1753, as well as Rosa cinnamomea auct. non L. It is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Rosa. This plant is native to forests of Europe and Siberia, with a native range covering Siberia and northern Europe. Its distribution in Europe includes most of European Russia, the Baltic countries, and Scandinavia, excluding Denmark. There are also more isolated populations in Central Europe, found primarily in wet habitats in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Alps. It grows up to 2 meters tall, and produces edible hip fruits that are rich in vitamin C. These rose hips are used in medicine and to make rose hip syrup. It has a long history of garden cultivation, with cultivation recorded in Britain dating back to the 16th century. Both the binomial name Rosa majalis and its synonym Rosa cinnamomea are ambiguous, and have been applied to a variety of other Rosa species.
