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'''Paeonia emodi''', is a robust herbaceous plant that winters with buds underground (as so-called hemicryptophyte), . It has large white flowers and large deeply incised leaves, belonging to the peonies.

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Salicylaldehyde (85.5%), cis-myrtanal (4.9%), myrtenal (1.8%), trans-myrtanol (1.6%), and nopinone (1.4%).<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=chandraChandra|ta=|te=|hi= Chandayra, चन्द्रा Chandra, चन्द्रैन Chandrain, Ud-salap, Udsalap|en=Himalayan Peony}}

{{Leaf|compoundCompound|lanceshaped Lanceshaped in outline|1-2 ft long, long-pointed leaflets or lobes up to 14 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|ellipticElliptic-shaped|whiteWhite||8-12 cm across, with 5-10 elliptic petals and 5 persistent outer sepals}}

{{Fruit|Simple Fruit||Fruit is 3-4 cm, densely hairy or hairless, with seeds which are scarlet|brownBrown-black|}}

US Chemistry professor and peony breeder Arthur Percy Saunders made a cross between P. emodi and P. lactiflora that is now known as "White Innocence" (1947), an extremely high (up to 1,5 m), richly flowering and well known cultivar.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

* [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2560934 Paeonia emodion the plantlist.org]