Shape of Rosa roxburghii: The fruit of a plant reeling flower is covered with prickles on the surface, yellow in the green, round and full in shape, rich in pear fragrance, smooth in taste and moderate in sweetness and sourness, because the fruit surface is covered with prickles.

Rosa roxburghii is a wild shrub, with pink, red or crimson flowers from April to June, and summer flowers and autumn fruits. Most fruits are oblate and spherical, with a transverse diameter of 2-4 cm. The fruits are ripe in August-September, yellow and sometimes flushed. The flesh is crisp and has a strong fragrance when it is ripe.

Small meat thorns are densely born on the peel, commonly known as "thorn pear". Fruit is rich in vitamin C, which is called "the king of vitamin C". Tannin 500~ 1000 mg; Acid content 1 g or so; The total sugar content is generally about 4 grams.

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Rosa roxburghii has high medicinal value, and its flowers, leaves and seeds can be used as medicine, which has the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, nourishing and stopping diarrhea. Rosa roxburghii, in particular, is rich in superoxide dismutase (SOD for short), which is an internationally recognized active substance with anti-aging and anti-cancer effects, and also has anti-virus and anti-radiation effects, and is widely used in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular, digestive and various tumor diseases. ?

The fruit of Rosa roxburghii is also the first-class raw material for processing health food. Mature Rosa roxburghii is plump in meat, sweet and sour in taste, rich in sugar, vitamins, carotene, organic acids, more than 20 kinds of amino acids, 10 kinds of trace elements beneficial to human body, and superoxide dismutase.

Source of reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Rosa roxburghii