Rosa abyssinica
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| Species: | Rosa abyssinica
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Rosa abyssinica[1] is a rosacea species described by Robert Brown.[2] Rosa abyssinica is included in the genus rosa, and the family Rosaceae.[3][4] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]
Descripition
Rosa abyssinica is prickly evergreen shrub, creeping or often climbing, sometimes forming a small tree between 0.5 meters and 7 meters tall. It has a few prickles on the stem, slightly curved from a wide base and all similar. It has many variable features. The leaves are compound and leathery. It has 3 pairs leaflets plus one at the tip, each narrowly ovate from 1 cm to 6 cm, tip sharp, edge toothed, on a short stalk which is winged by the leafy stipules. Flowers are of fragrant white-pale yellow, and are usually 3 to 20 in dense heads, each stalked, the sepals long, narrow and hairy, soon fall, and have 5 patals about 2cm long, tip rounded to square, with many stamens. The fruits are green at first, but later ripen to orange-red. they are about 2cm long, fleshy and edible with seed within.[5]
Geographical Distribution
Rosa abyssinica can be found only in Arabia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia and the Sudan, this rose is common in the mid-lands and highlands. It commonly forms thickets in upland dry evergreen forests, margins, clearings, upland bushland, rocky places, dry grassland and riparian formations. It is also found in different types of man-made habitats, sometimes standing alone as a small tree between 1,700 meters and 3,300 meters tall.
References
- ^ R. Br., 1814 In: Salt, Voy. Abyss. App. 64
- ^ The Miscellaneous Botanical Works of Robert Brown, Volume 1
- ^ a b Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
- ^ http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/category3/cat3_Rosa_abyssinica.htm
See Also
External links
- World Federation of Rose Societies
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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