Botanical Family · Rosales
Rosaceae
Rose family
15 speciesOrder Rosales8+ well-known plants
Diverse family including many temperate fruit trees. Flowers usually 5-petalled with many stamens and a distinctive hypanthium. Includes rose, apple, pear, strawberry, and cherry.
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How to recognise the Rosaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: alternate
- 02
Leaf type: simple/compound
- 03
Growth forms: tree/shrub/herb
- 04
Inflorescence: cymose/raceme/panicle
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Fruit: achene/drupe/pome
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceSolitary
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 15 species in ROSACEAE
- Rockspray CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus
- Loquat Tree, Chinese Medlar, Japanese MedlarEriobotrya japonica
- Taiwan CherryPrunus cerasoides
- Indian Wild Cherry, Himalyan CheryyPrunus ceylanica
- PlumPrunus domestica
- PeachPrunus persica
- Common PearPyrus communis
- Lady Banks' RoseRosa banksiae
- Nilgiri Climbing RoseRosa leschenaultiana
- Baby Rose, Japanese RoseRosa multiflora
- Yellow Himalayan RaspberryRubus ellipticus
- Indian RaspberryRubus indicus
- Ceylon Raspberry, Mysore Raspberry, Mahabaleshwar Raspberry, Snowpeaks RaspberryRubus niveus
- Reeve's SpireaSpiraea cantoniensis
- Rubus fairholmianus
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