✿Rosaceae · Rosa
Kattursoa / Nilgiri Climbing Rose
Rosa leschenaultiana
Climbing shrub
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rosa leschenaultiana
- Genus
- Rosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Shola forests and grasslands
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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).
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattursoa itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Fruit type
- Hiprecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattursoa itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kattursoa
About Kattursoa
Nilgiri Climbing Rose (Rosa leschenaultiana) is a climbing shrub in the Rosaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh. It grows in shola forests and grasslands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Rosaceae
Rose family
Kattursoa belongs to the Rosaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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