Cherokee rose
StarRosa laevigata
Synonyms: Rosa triphylla, Rosa hystrix, Rosa cucumerina, Rosa sinica var. fortuneana, Rosa amygdalifolia, Rosa laevigata var. leiocarpa, Rosa ternata, Rosa cherokeensis, Rosa laevigata var. rosea, Rosa argyi, Rosa sinica var. typica, Rosa camellia, Rosa laevigata var. alborosea, Rosa nivea var. setifera, Rosa laevigata var. kaiscianensis, Rosa × argyi, Rosa nivea, Rosa laevigata f. semiplena
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Traditional Chinese Medicine the ripe fruit (hip) is the classic materia medica herb jin ying zi (金櫻子). It is regarded as sour, astringent, and neutral, entering the Kidney, Bladder, and Large Intestine channels, and is used to stabilize the Kidney and secure the essence and to bind the Intestines. Classic indications include spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission, enuresis and frequent urination, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, and excessive leucorrhea and uterine bleeding attributed to Kidney deficiency with failure to consolidate (Bensky, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica). It is typically decocted or rendered into a paste/syrup.
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Botanical Description
Rosa laevigata (Cherokee rose) is an evergreen, scrambling or climbing shrub in the Rosaceae native to southern China and Taiwan and widely naturalized in the southeastern United States. It has stout, recurved prickles, trifoliolate glossy leaves, and large, solitary, fragrant white flowers with a prominent boss of yellow stamens. The fruit is a bristly, pear-shaped to obovoid red-orange hip densely covered in stiff hairs.
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