Rosehip – Rosa canina

Description of rosehip:

Rosa canina L. canina canina canina (Rose hips, honeysuckle, yarrow, parlagi, or wild rose, thorn tree) Rose family – Rosaceae A shrub growing from one and a half to two and a half metres. Its thorns are flattened at the base and the tips are usually hooked. Leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets, sharply whorled.

Occurs:

Found throughout Europe as a roadside shrub. In our country, it grows on hills, in scrubland and at the edges of forests.

Parts to be collected:

The long, ovate, bright red fruit, which is sold to the trade fructus cynosbati known in the trade as.

Active ingredient:

Essential oil and tanning substances.

Harvesting and drying:

Harvested between the months of August and October, the fruit, after being cut in two and the seeds removed, is spread out on a tarpaulin and exposed to the sun. It can also be dried in an oven.

Processing and marketing:

It is used in the preparation of decoctions and tea mixtures. It is also used to make jam (hechedli, hechsepecse). Source: Dr. Ferenc Darvas and Dr Gyula Magyary-Kossa,Domestic herbs, their production, marketing, effects and medicinal uses