Rosa canina (fruit)

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{{nomenclature | binomial=Rosa canina
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|authority=L.
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|family=Rosaceae
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|scn=dog rose
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|pinyin=
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|aka=dog brier; brier rose
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|notes=This species of Rosa is a primary source of rose hips. The use of this common name for the plant's fruit is well established and is an acceptable and even preferable standard common name. }}
  
{{Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
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=Botanical Voucher Specimen=
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            | source=MOBOT, Tropicos.org
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            | reference=Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 26 Mar 2014 <http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100179847>
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=Organoleptic Characteristics=
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{{Organolepsy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
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| description=Rose hips possess a pleasant, sweet, acidulous taste. }}
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{{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
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| description=''Rosa canina'' ... is distinguished by its prickly stem and petioles, and ovate, smooth, rigid leaves. It has white or pale red flowers, having usually five obcordate fragrant petals. The fruit consists of a fleshy, hollow receptacle, bearing on its inner surface a number of hairy achenes. The ripe fruit, which is usually employed in the fresh condition, is ovoid, smooth, shiny and of a reddish color. The summit is crowned with 5-calyx teeth.}}
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             | caption1=Fragment of a unicellular thick walled trichome seen under polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
             | caption1=Fragment of a unicellular thick walled trichome seen under polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
             | description= Dog Rose (fruit) (''Rosa canina'' L.)
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             | caption2=Rosette of calcium oxalate observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
 
             | caption2=Rosette of calcium oxalate observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 7 April 2015

AHPA recognizes other valuable resources exist regarding the identity of Rosa canina.

To submit a suggestion or contribution, please contact Merle Zimmermann.

Contents

Nomenclature

Rosa canina L.   Rosaceae  
Standardized common name (English): dog rose

Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Rosa canina Tropicos 100179847 (S).jpg
Source: MOBOT, Tropicos.org[1]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Rose hips possess a pleasant, sweet, acidulous taste.

Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [2]

Macroscopic Characteristics

Rosa canina ... is distinguished by its prickly stem and petioles, and ovate, smooth, rigid leaves. It has white or pale red flowers, having usually five obcordate fragrant petals. The fruit consists of a fleshy, hollow receptacle, bearing on its inner surface a number of hairy achenes. The ripe fruit, which is usually employed in the fresh condition, is ovoid, smooth, shiny and of a reddish color. The summit is crowned with 5-calyx teeth.

Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [3]

Microscopic Characteristics

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Rosa canina - Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
Fragment of a unicellular thick walled trichome seen under polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[4]

Rosa canina-1 - Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
Rosette of calcium oxalate observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[5]

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

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Rosa canina HPTLC ID - Vanillin/Sulfuric Acid Visible Light

Rosehips (fruit) (Rosa canina)

Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):

  1. 5 μL Ascorbic Acid ~0.1% in CH3OH
  2. 3 μL Rosa canina-1 (fruit)
  3. 5 μL Rosa canina-1 (fruit)
  4. 4 μL Rosa canina-2 (fruit)
  5. 4 μL Rosa canina-2 (fruit)
  6. 4 μL Rosa canina-3 (fruit)
  7. 4 μL Rosa canina-4 (fruit)
  8. 5 μL Ascorbic Acid ~0.1% in CH3OH

Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. 

Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates 

Mobile Phase toluene: acetone: HCOOH [6/3/1] 

Sample Preparation Method 0.3g+3mL 70% grain EtOH sonicate/heat @~50° C ~ 1/2 hr 

Detection Method Vanillin/H2SO4 Reagent -> 110° C 5 min -> visible light 

Reference see Adapted from European Pharmacopoeia 5.0 2005


Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories [6]


Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100179847
  2. United States Dispensatory (1918)
  3. United States Dispensatory (1918)
  4. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  5. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  6. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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