Rosa praelucens
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Description
A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. The small branches are purple-brown. There are a few scattered prickles. The leaves are 5-13 cm long. There are 7-13 leaflets. These are narrowly oval and 1-4 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowers occur singly and are red. The fruit or hips are 1-1.5 cm across. They are green-brown and flattened.
Edible Uses
The fruit hips are reasonably commonly eaten.
Traditional Uses
Asia, China, Tibet,
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Distribution
It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows in woods on open slopes between 2,700-3,000 m above sea level.
Cultivation
Fruit are reasonably commonly eaten.
Also Known As
Xielermiedu
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
