The Differences Between Rose Hips & Rose Hip Seeds
Rose hips are a fruit that develops from wild rose blossoms in the fall. The blossom center grows into a red bulb up to 1 inch in diameter---the rose hip---containing hundreds of rose hip seeds.
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History
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Traditional medicine used rose hips for thousands of years. Native Americans ate rose hips in winter for its vitamin content. During WWII, British volunteers collected rose hips to make rose-hip syrup in place of citrus.
Rose Hips
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Pick rose hips in fall after a frost.
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For the best flavor, pick rose hips after a heavy frost. The fruit has a pleasant, creamy texture and mildly sweet flavor, and is delicious eaten right off the bush.
Rose Hip Seeds
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Cold-pressed rose-hip-seed oil reduces scar tissue from burns and treats skin conditions like eczema. Rose-hip-seed tea is a natural treatment for urinary tract infections and water retention.
Uses
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Rose-hip juice makes a vitamin-packed syrup or jelly, and dried rose hips make a pleasantly tart tea.
Benefits
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Vitamin C supplements often contain rose hips.
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A handful of rose hips contain more vitamin C than 60 oranges, plus vitamins A and B, along with iron, calcium and phosphorus.
Fun Fact
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Wild rose bushes grow all over the U.S.
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A single multiflora wild rose bush produces up to one million rose hip seeds per bush.
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