Rosa abyssinica

Rosa abyssinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family:Rosaceae
Genus:Rosa
Species: R. abyssinica
Binomial name
Rosa abyssinica
Synonyms

Rosa abyssinica var. microphylla Crép.

Rosa abyssinica[1] is a plant species described by Robert Brown.[2] Rosa abyssinica is included in the genus Rosa, and the family Rosaceae.[3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]

Description

Rosa abyssinica is a 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 2 cm long, tip rounded to square, with many stamens. The fruits are green at first, but later ripen to orange-red. They are about 2 cm long, fleshy and edible with seed within.[4]

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 0.5 and 7 meters tall.[4]

References

  1. ↑ R.Br., 1814 In: Salt, Voy. Abyss. App. 64
  2. ↑ Brown, Robert (1866). The Miscellaneous Botanical Works of Robert Brown, Volume 1. London England: Robert Hardwicke.
  3. 1 2 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. (2014). Didžiulis V., ed. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
  4. 1 2 Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S (2014). "Category 3: 'Wild Food Plants Attracting Additional Consumer Categories". Ethiopia: Famine Food Field Guide.
  • World Federation of Rose Societies
  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rose". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


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