- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rosaceae
- English Names
- Wild Dog Rose
- Wild Brier
- Hip Rose
- Natural Habitat
- throughout Europe (including Great Britain)
- except Lapland and Finland; especially Hungary
- Canary islands
- Northern Africa
- Persia
- Siberia
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Cynosbati = Fructus Rosae caninae
- Semen cynosbati = Semen Rosae caninae
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- Constituent(s)
- fruit: vitamin C
- carotin (provitamin A)
- citric acid
- invert sugar
- pectin
- tannin
- mycerin
- fibrin
- albumen
- malic acid
- citrates
- malates
- mineral salts
- gum; seed: fatty oil
- albumen
- organic acids
- invert sugar
- Action
- fruit
- seed: diuretic
- astringent
- antiscorbutic; the roasted seeds are used as substitute for coffee. Fungus Cynosbati (containing tannin) is employed against urinary disorders
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