Rosa obtusifolia

Rosa obtusifolia

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the root of Rosa obtusifolia.

[plant morphology] Rosa obtusifolia, also known as Rosa Formosa.

Small shrubs, about 2 m high, with erect spinules. Pinnate compound leaves; leaflets 7-11, broadly elliptic or ovate, 6-20 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, apex obtuse or slightly acute, base suborbicular, margin sharply serrate, glabrous, grayish green below; petiole and rachis with sparse glandular hairs and small prickles; stipules wide, most attached to petiole, margin glandular hairs. Flowers solitary or several aggregated, bracted; pedicel 1.5-3 cm long, glabrous or glandular; flowers red or purplish red, 4-6 cm in diameter; calyx lobes ovate lanceolate, entire, apex caudate; petals obovate. Fruit ovate, 1.5-2 cm long, dark red.

It grows in the shrub on the hillside. Distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[function indications] for irregular menstruation and gout: two to three Liang dried roots of Leiwei obtusifolia, fried in water, washed with yellow rice wine and brown sugar, taken before meals in the morning and evening. Treatment unknown swelling poison: fresh roots in a bowl with rough bottom, add rice swill to grind into a paste, and apply it to the affected area.

Chinese PinYin : Dun Ye Qiang Wei