Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rosaceae | Genus: Rosa | Species: Rosa moschata Herrmann( कुंजा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
|
|
| Synonym | Rosa brunonii Lindley | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Kunja, Kujju, Kuji | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Himalayan Musk Rose. | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kunja | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruits orange – red to brown, ovoid, viscid, many – seeded. |
| Habitat | Open places, forest clearings, with shrubberies of Pine – oak forest edges. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Himalaya, Kashmir to Bhutan; Afghanistan, Europe and China | Bark Details | Bark brown, rough, exfoliating in papery pieces, armed with woody, recurved prickles |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Subdeciduous rambling climbers, up to 15 m tall; bark brown, rough, exfoliating in papery pieces, armed with woody, recurved prickles; young twigs and branches grey – green; stipules adnate to the petiole, linear, glandular. Leaves imparipinnate; rachis with prickles on the lower surface; leaflets 5 – 9, ovate – lanceolate, serrate, tip acuminate, terminal one larger, glabrous. Flowers white, in large axillary or terminal corymbs. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed in flowers, caducous. Petals 5, obovate, with distinct tip. Stamens yellow, much shorter than petals. Fruits orange – red to brown, ovoid, viscid, many – seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate; rachis with prickles on the lower surface; leaflets 5 – 9, ovate – lanceolate, serrate, tip acuminate, terminal one larger, glabrous. |
.JPG?lol=lol)
.jpg)