Newsletter  (May 2024)  Page(s) 17-18.  Includes photo(s).
 
[From "Wild rose hunting in China", by Helga Brichet]
We returned to Pingwu and the following day headed north west to Nanping, where we found a ‘Maikwai’ rose in front of a home. This is a Rosa rugosa hybrid with very fragrant, double, purplish, crimson flowers used for centuries (as with Damask roses in Europe) for perfume and medicinal purposes. Nowadays, it is often planted in gardens or on verandas, the blooms of which are steamed and dried to make tea, which is also highly valued for its medicinal effects.

Book  (2019)  Page(s) 147.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa maikwai H. Hara, J.J.B. 32:315 (1957), description

Website/Catalog  (2006)  
 
"Maikai" (R. maikwai Hara)