ROSES

 Morphology of Roses

• The rose is an ornamental shrub/bush with upright or climbing stems usually prickly.
• Leaves are alternate, compound, oddly pinnate with stipules adherent to the leaf stalk.
• Flowers are solitary (single) or in corymbs (cluster).
• Calyx is five lobed, either simple or compound.
• Petals & Sepals are generally five; however Rosa sericea has only four petals and sepals.
• Carpels are many, inserted at the base of the calyx tube and with simple projecting style and stigma.
• Fruits are known as hips, contain many seeds and are rich in Vitamin C, A1, B2, K & E.
• Seeds are hard and fresh seeds have dormancy.