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Rosa gigantea is a species of rose native to northeast India, northern Myanmar and southwest China ( Yunnan) in the foothills of the Himalaya at 1000-1500 m altitude. As its name suggests, it is the largest species of rose, climbing 20 m or more into the crowns of other trees by means of its stout, hooked thorns, and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are semi-evergreen, 15-25 cm long, pinnate, with usually 7 leaflets, each leaflet 4-8 cm long. The flowerA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction''. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, ands are white, creamy or yellow, the largest of any wild rose, 10-14 cm diameter. The hipsRosehips also called rose haws are the fruit of the rose plant, particularly wild roses that form at the base of the flower, typically red to orange but dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips of some species, especially Rosa canina ( Dog Rose), h are yellow or orange, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, hard, and often lasting through the winter into the following spring, often still present at the same time as the next years' flowers.

Another rose, described from ManipurManipur Formed 21 January 1972 Language Manipuri Religion Hinduism 58%; Christianity 34%; Islam 7% Capital Imphal Governor Arvind Dave Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh Area 22,327 km² Population Total (2001) Density 2,388,664 107/km² Literacy: Total Male in 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr as R. macrocarpa and R. xanthocarpa by Sir George Watt , an authority on Indian roses, is now generally considered to be the same species as R. gigantea. The distinct characteristics claimed for R. macrocarpa (deeper yellow flowers, larger foliage with 4 to 7 leaflets and large yellow fruits) are not consistent.