Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Rose hip

 
Fruit Warehouse | Rose hip | Rose hips have recently Become popular as a healthy treat for pet chinchillas and guinea pigs. Rose hips Provide a sugarless, safe way to increase of Their vitamin C intake. The rose hip, or rose haw, is the fruit of the rose plant, that is Typically red-to-orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form in spring, and ripen in late summer through autumn. Rose hips are used for herbal tea, watches, jelly, syrup, soup, beverages, pies, bread, wine, and marmalade.


Rose hips are also fed to horses. The fine hairs found inside rose hips are used as itching powder. Rose hips were used in many food preparations by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Rose hips can be used to make-Palinka, a traditional Hungarian alcoholic beverage. In his book Stalking the Faraway Places, wild foods enthusiast Euell Gibbons recommended stuffed rose hips made by slicing a large hip in half, removing the seeds and inserting a wild raspberry. Rose hip soup, "nyponsoppa," is ESPECIALLY popular in Sweden. Rhodomel, a type of mead, is made with rose hips.


Rose hips are particularly high in vitamin C content, one of the Richest plant sources available. Rose hips of some species, Rosa canina ESPECIALLY (Dog Rose) and R. Ma.ialis, have been used as a source of vitamin C. Rose hips also contain some vitamin A and B, essential fatty acids and antioxidant flavonoids. Rose hips are used to help Prevent colds and influenza.

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  1. We are interested to include a figure of rosehips (Rosa canina) from your web for a book chapter on ROSEHIP to be published with an essential oil book entitled "Essential oils in food production, preservation, flavor and safety.
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