Rose hips petals

We think few people know that Rósa is not the scientific name of perhaps the most famous flower on the planet Earth, but the name of a plant like rosehips. The plant belongs to the Pink family. It is worth noting that at present scientists attribute to the genus of the rosehip plant about 140 main species of the plant, as well as over twenty thousand varieties.

Rosehips also grow in our latitudes. The uniqueness of the rosehips plant lies in the fact that almost all of its components have been used for culinary or medical purposes for centuries. On the territory of the Russian Federation, Rosehip May or Rosa majalis is of great economic importance.

In its biological essence, rosehips refer to evergreen plants. Usually, rosehips are shrubs with erect or climbing stems. It is worth noting that both fruits and leaves and rose hips are used in cooking. Dried rose hips can retain their distinctive beneficial properties for a sufficiently long period of time.

Depending on the type of plant, the appearance, colors, as well as other characteristics of the inflorescence and petals of the rose hips change. The plant blooms from May to June, just during this period of time rosehip petals are harvested. Such a plant as rosehips is common in the subtropical as well as temperate climatic zone of the Northern Hemisphere.

The researchers also note that some species of the plant may be native to the tropical zone. The Mediterranean is called the most favorable growing zone of a plant such as rose hips. The distinctive properties of rosehips petals are primarily due to their chemical composition. The rosehip petals contain a number of compounds that have a beneficial effect on the human body.

For example, rose hips are enriched with essential oils, as well as fatty vegetable oils, sugar, vitamin C, glycosides, tannins, as well as flavonides and organic acids. Rose hips are used to obtain the most valuable essential oil of the plant, which is actively used in cosmetology, as well as in the perfume industry.

In addition, jam and jam are made on the basis of rose hips, as well as vitamin tea drinks, and compotes are cooked. Rose hips are used as raw materials for the production of culinary pink water, which is often used in the process of preparing oriental sweets and pastries. In folk medicine, rosehip petals are used to prepare medicinal infusions, as well as decoctions that help in the treatment and prevention of a number of diseases.