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R. acicularis (Acicular rose). Distribution: The Altai, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarskei Alatau, Central Kazakhstan. Use: Food, medicinal, ornamental; easily cultured.

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Acicular Rose (Rosa acicularis Lindl.). This species grows in mountain gorges, wet shrub lands, stony slopes and forest borders. It is a xero-mesophytic shrub 2 m high witha rching branches, and tickly covered with thorns. Compound, bluish leaves with 5 to 7 ovate or elliptical leaflets are weakly pubescent on the upper sides and densely-pubescent on the lower sides. Reddish-pink, slightly aromatic flowers, 3 to 6 cm in diameter, are usually borne singly but sometimes in groups of two to three. Red fruits with thick flesh are edible, shapes are ovate, elliptical or obovate pyriform, mostly drooping, 2 to 3 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm wide. Vitamin C content is 4500 mg/100g, while seeds contain 8 to 10 percent oil, and leaves and roots are abundant in tannin substances.

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Albert Rose (Rosa alberti Regel). This species grows in forest borders and among shrubs in forest belt of the mountains. It is a xero-mesophytic, strongly branched shrub 1.5 m high with long, arching branches with thin, short, straight thorns. Leaves are obovate or elliptical. White flowers are borne singly. Orange-red fruits with dehiscent sepals are smooth or with long setae, ovate or elliptical, 1.5 cm long. It is one of the species with the highest vitamin content in Kazakhstan, containing 4,000 to 20,000 mg/100g of ascorbic acid. It is used as a rootstock for horticultural remontant roses.

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R. albertii (Albert rose). Distribution: The Altai, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarskei, Zailiyskei, Kirghiz, Kungei, Talasskei Alatau. Use: Food, medicinal, ornamental plant.

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Begger Rose (Rosa beggeriana Schrenk). This species grows on mountain slopes and along banks of rivers and streams. It is a xero-mesophytic shrub, 3 m high with upright, bluish branches, which have large, sickle-shaped thorns that are wide and yellowish at the base. Leaves consist of three to five bijugate leaflets that ere each 3 cm long, ovate, ovate-oblong, or orbicular, glabrous or slightly pubescent on the under-sides. White flowers are 2 to 3 cm in diameter, borne in complex corymbs and panicles. Spherical, red or brownish-red fruits are 4 to 5 mm in diameter with deciduous sepals upon ripening. Fruits contain vitamins C, E, P, B2, carotene, flavonoids, and are very rich in ascorbic acid from 7,000 to 20,000 mg/100g of fruit. Seeds are rich in oils. Roots contain flavonoids and catechin, and leaves have tannin substances as well as flavonoids.

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R. beggerana (Begger rose). Distribution: Tarbagatai, Dzhungarskei, Zailiyskei, Kungei, Terskei, Kirghiz, Talasskei Alatau, Ketmentau, Karatau. Use: Medicinal, ornamental, food plant; easily cultured.

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Dog Rose (Rosa canina L.). This species grows on open slopes, along mountain streams, and on forest borders. It is a xero-mesophytic shrub 1.5 to 2 m high with arched branches with green or red-brown bark. Thorns are sickle-shaped and compressed at the base. Compound leaves consist of five to seven elliptical, pointed leaflets, 5 cm long. Pink-to-white flowers are usually borne singly, and are 2 to 8 cm in diameter. Red fruits are orbicular or oblong-ovate, and glabrous. Roots contain tannin substances; flowers have flavonoids and ether oil, and fruits have carbohydrates, alcohol, vitamins C, P, E, carotenoids, tannin substances, and flavonoids.

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R. canina (Dog rose). Distribution: Zailiyskei Alatau. Use: Ornamental, medicinal, food, technical plant; easily cultured.

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Corymbose Rose (Rosa corymbifera Borkh.). This species grows on open mountain slopes and on banks of mountain rivers and streams. It is a xero-mesophytic shrub with velvetlike pubescence and recurved, uniform-sized thorns. Compound leaves have five to seven ovate leaflets, pubescent on both sides or with more dense pubescence on the lower side. White-to-pale pink flowers have pinnate sepals that are pubescent on the margins. Dark-red fruits are large, ovate or orbicular, with deciduous sepals.

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R. corymbifera (Corymbose rose). Distribution: Talasskei Alatau, Karatau. Use: Ornamental plant; easily cultured.