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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.

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