Veldt Rose (Hagia)

A thorny flowering creeper that grows primarily in the Veldt woodland areas, with many uses, both for edible and non-edible products.

It has long been used as decorative flowers, with many strains selectively bread in varieties of colors. But the native color tends to be dominantly pale peach, fading to bright, vivid pink in the interiors, and occasionally streaked with thin stripes of orange and yellow on the petals. It was also popular in the makings of perfume in many cultures, and Tyre was once known as a perfume production center. Traditional Au'Kael medicine also made use of the larger thorns from the plant as needles to treet blisters. The flower itself is safe to eat, and it is used in assorted food products and productions.

• Hips: The small fruits of the Hagia plant. It is most often used as a popular additive to herbal tea, but is also used as a flavoring agent in sweet dishes, and can also cooked with sweeteners to make preserves. (Rose Hips)
• Honey: Considered a very rare delicacy, pure Hagia honey comes from the western Veldt and eastern Kael, where vast farms of Hagia are grown for export and perfume production. Thus, the honey from bees in the region is primarily from these plants, and carries distinct floral notes. It is one of the chief ingredients in Hagia Confection, a sort of jelly-syrup which is "essenced", in that the flavors are from petals and hips of hagia, and sweetened and thickened by the honey, thus making it essentially a dish made only of one ingredient.
• Petals: The petals of the Hagia plant are used most often to make perfume through steam distilation method. A byproduct of the perfume makng process is the making of Hagia Petal Water, which is used to add a delicate, floral taste and scent to many sweet and savory desserts. Petals can also be used in herbal teas, infusions, and preserves. (Rose Water)