5. Vegetative Characters
• Habit and habitat: may be herb, shrub (Rose) or
trees
• Root: Tap root or adventitious arising from the
underground organs or cuttings
• Stem: herbaceous or woody, erect, cylindrical,
solid, branching, sometimes divided into nodes
and internodes.
• Leaf: Simple or compound, alternate, stipulate,
petiolate, unicostate reticulate venation
7. Some species of Rosaceae
• Rosa rubiginosa (Rose)
• Fragaria ananassa (Strawberry)
• Prunus persica (Peach)
• Prunus dulcis (Almond)
8. Floral Characters
• Inflorescence: Variable. Solitary, receme,
axillary or cyme, spike like receme
• Flowers: pedicillate, bacteate, bisexual or
unisexual, actinomorphic, hypozygous,
perigynous, epigynous
• Calyx: sepals-5, gamosepalous, imbricate,
valvate astivation
• Corolla: petals- 5, polypetalous,imbricate
astivation, petals are various colours.
9. • Androecium- Many Stamens, anther are small
and bicell.
• Gynoecium- Consists of many carpels, mostly
apocarpus (free), superior but sometimes
syncarpous and inferior.
• Fruit- variables (berry, pome)
• Floral formula –
11. Economic importance of Rosaceae
• It is one of the most economically important
families which comprised the fruit, nut,
ornamental, aroma, herb, and woody plants.
• Edible crops domesticated for human
consumption in Rosaceae include apple,
strawberry, pear, peach, plum, almond, sour
cherry, and sweet cherry.
