Wild Rose

Rosa Serecia

Prickly shrubs found along the edges of temperate forest altitudes from to 2500m to 3000m

Flowers are white , 4 petalled , solitary , appearing from May to August . Fruits sub-globose , turning bright red on ripening .

Petals can be used for flavouring tea . Ripe fruit pulp edible .

HImalayan Kothi , unique ecological niche