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Indigenous & Wild Roses of Pakistan
(2006) Page(s) 90, frontispiece. Includes photo(s). Rosa indica Ordorotai: Rosa ordoratai Pakistana, often a climbing bush up to 40 ft. high. Prickles scattered hooked leaflets 5 or 7 elliptic to oblongovate. A somewhat tender plant of unusual coloring. The flowers are pink tinged coppery yellow, small but double and fragrant. Flowering period June to September. Some people trace its origin in China, but since it grows wild in Swat, Buner & Chitral, it could without hesitation be considered as indigenous to these areas....
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