Rosa Macrophylla in Valley of Flowers
Rosa is a Latin name and it means rose genus or the colour. Rosa Macrophylla is a large and very graceful shrub of elegant growth and foliage of height 3 m. Well poised and clear pink flowers.All the Flowers are held singly or can be in small clusters. They are followed by bristly, long, red-colored flagon-shaped hanging fruits. Dark red-brown stems and few thorns. One of the most magnificent species of roses with exhuberant growth that also forms a thick canopy of shade.
English Name |
Wild Rose |
Local Name |
Ban Gulab, Dand Kunja |
Family |
Rosaceae (rose family) |
Flowering time |
June to August |
Habitat |
Margins of forest and in open occasionally |
Uses |
Flowers being used for skin diseases and fruit pulp is edible. |
Location in the Valley of flowers |
You can find it easily just after entering the Valley of Flowers gate. In fact after checking in to Valley of Flowers this would be among the first to be seen. Many flowers can be seen if you visit till August mid. You can again see some of them near to Pushpawati river bed after crossing Bhojpatra Jungle. In September you can see beautiful buds of the flowers (After all the petals fell ). |
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