Climbing shrub. Prickles large, same size, hooked. Leaves semi-evergreen, with 5-7 glossy, hairless, roundish leaflets with simple teeth. Flowers mostly solitary, to 14 cm wide, single, creamy, fragrant; early summer. Fruit 2-3 cm wide, round to pearshaped, reddish or reddish yellow.

China, Burma, India.

Source: Adamson, S.; Bell, R.; Heathcote, R.; Hannemann, D.; Hannemann, F.; Huxley, I.; Newesteeg, J.; Spencer, R.; Sutherland, P. (2002). Rosa. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.