The fruit ofRosa is a "hip" formed by the fleshy hypanthium. Inside the hip are many achenes. An achene is the basic fruit type in subfamily Rosoideae.

Photo of Rosa rugosa, left, taken by K. R. Robertson along the seashore at Rockport, Massachusetts. Photo of Rosa setigera, right, taken by K. R. Robertson & D. L. Nickrent from plants cultivated in Champaign, Illinois.

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