Rosaceae · Rosa

Baby Rose

Rosa multiflora

Also known as Japanese Rose

Shrub
Habit
Shrub
Found in India
Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka & more
Flowering
Throughout the year

Plant Details

Scientific name
Rosa multiflora
Genus
Rosa
Family
Rosaceae
Habit
Shrub
Native to
China and Japan
Found in India
Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu
Flowering & fruiting
Throughout the year
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Leaf type
Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.The leaves are 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long, pinnately compound, with 5–9 leaflets and feathered stipules. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Typical of the family

Arrangement
Alternate
Toothed margin leaf character
Margin
Toothed
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Baby Rose itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Whiterecorded
Flower arrangement
CorymbrecordedA flat-topped cluster where outer flower stalks are longer than inner ones.The flowers are produced in large corymbs, each flower small, 1.5–4 cm (5⁄8–1+5⁄8 in) diameter, white or pink, borne in early summer. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fruit type
Hiprecorded

Typical of the family

Inflorescence
Solitary
Fruit
Drupe

Characters marked “recorded” are for Baby Rose itself; the rest are typical of the Rosaceae family — flowering plants only.

Local Names

Malayalam
റോസ മൾട്ടിഫ്ലോറ

About Baby Rose

Baby Rose (Rosa multiflora) belongs to the Rosaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka and 3 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.

Uses

In practice it is long used in traditional medicine, planted as an ornamental and harvested for fodder. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.

Illustration representing the Rosaceae family
Botanical family

Rosaceae

Rose family

Baby Rose belongs to the Rosaceae family.

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