Common name: Himalayan Musk Rose
Botanical name: Rosa brunonii Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Himalayan Musk Rose is a stout climber with small curved prickles. Leaves are
compound with 5-7 elliptic to oblong-lancelike and finely toothed. Beautiful,
fragrant, white flowers consist of 5 petals forming a single cup. Flowers
occur in clusers at the end of branches. Styles merge into a column, exserted,
emerges out of the spreading numerous yellow stamens. Fruit purple-brown or
dark red, ovoid, 1 cm in diameter, smooth, shiny.
| Photographed at Shirui Hill,
Ukhrul, Manipur. |
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