Łódź, Park Staszica

It is native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan provinces, but widely cultivated in Poland as an ornamental plant. Pot plant. Edible plant - young shoot tips, flower buds and flowers are parboiled and eaten as potherbs or added to soups, they are used as speciality foods in restaurants, where the flowers are used for flavouring honey, confections and sorbets; young peeled shoots can be eaten raw; seeds of roses are generally a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement, be sure to remove the seed hairs! Herbal use - flowers, and to a lesser degree the roots and leaves, are anodyne, emmenagogue and used in the treatment of women's complaints, they regulate menstruation and stimulate blood circulation; leaves, fruits and roots are decocted and used in the treatment of arthritis, boils, coughs etc; fruits are applied to sprains, ulcers and wounds; the flower buds are used in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea, poor circulation, stomach pains and swellings.