Rosehip

Scientific name: rosa canina.

Common name: rosa canina, rosehip. 

English name: rosehip 

Parts used: flowers, leaves and fruits (rose hips). 

Active ingredients: tannins 3%, pectins, vitamin C (15 times more content than in lemon), K and P, anthocyanins. 

The wood species is very common in hedges and scrublands, from the plains to the wooded regions of the mountains. It blooms from May-June and bears fruit in September-October. 

Properties: tonic, antioxidants.

Curiosity: the canine name is linked to the fact the root was once used to treat anger.