Rosehip

Wild rose (Rosa canina) is a perennial, deciduous, shrubby, wild-growing plant that spontaneously forms a wide, bushy, thorny shrub reaching up to three meters in height without support. In May and June, it blooms with fragrant pink or white flowers, which develop into edible hips in September and October after pollination. It is the most common wild species of the rose genus in Central Europe.

The rosehip has been considered a medicinal plant for over two thousand years. Rosehips contain a lot of vitamins, mainly C, B1, B2, E, P, and K, as well as carotenoids and glycosides (e.g., tiliroside, multiflorin), about 30% sugars, organic acids (citric, malic, nicotinic), pectins, tannins, mucilages, etc.