''Rosa majalis'' (syn. ''R. cinnamomea'' sensu L. 1759, non 1753; ''R. cinnamomea'' auct. non L.; cinnamon rose; double cinnamon rose) is a species of

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'', native to forests of Europe and Siberia. It grows to 2 m. and yields edible hip fruits rich in

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, which are used in medicine and to produce rose hip syrup. It is native to

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and northern Europe. Its European distribution encompasses much of European Russia, the Baltic countries and Scandinavia (without Denmark), with more isolated occurrences in Central Europe, primarily in wet habitats in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czechia, Germany and the Alps. It has a history of cultivation in gardens, which in Britain dates to the 16th century. The binomial name ''Rosa majalis'' and its synonym ''Rosa cinnamomea'' are both ambiguous and have variously been applied to other species of ''Rosa''.See the ''

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