How to identify Lady Banks' Rose
Identify Lady Banks' Rose by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf type: Compound.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Hip.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Rosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lady Banks' Rose.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rosa banksiae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- CompoundrecordedDivided into separate leaflets (family-level umbrella term — see the more specific compound types below at species level).
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are evergreen, 4–6 cm long, with three to five (rarely seven) leaflets 2–5 cm long with a serrated margin.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lady Banks' Rose itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- Hiprecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lady Banks' Rose itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Lady Banks' Rose
Lady Banks' Rose (Rosa banksiae) belongs to the Rosaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Rosaceae
Rose family
Lady Banks' Rose belongs to the Rosaceae family.
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