Author(s):
1. Ayse Gul Sarikaya, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

Abstract:
Rosa canina L. is a shrub of Rosaceae that can be grown up to 3-4 m and exist in fields of roadside, rangelands, meadows, forest edges and on hills. This plant is decorated with yellowish or brown spines on its leaves, oval in shape, edges are threaded, and short-handed. Flowers are heart-shaped whitish pink or pink. Fruits are dark red oval or egg shaped, with a fleshy husk and hard, yellowish white seeds in the puddle. It is estimated that natural distribution area is Turkey and spread from here to all the regions of the world. Leaf and fruit are used medically and aromatically. This study was conducted to determine of ethnobotany usage of rose hip. For this aim, public interviews were made in Eğirdir province during 2017. The interviews were conducted with 30 people and they were selected in order to have different educational backgrounds, professions, genders and ages. As a result of the interviews, it was determined that rose hip fruits were rich in C vitamins and that they were used as fresh and dry, as tea, as jam, as food. Particularly medically, it is observed that people use rose hip fruits as pain relievers against colds and throat inflammations, blood pressure and sugar regulators, rheumatic diseases, inflammation dryers, cancer and some uterine diseases.

Key words:
Rose hip,ethnobotany,medicinal and aromatic plant,Eğirdir,Turkey

Thematic field:
Using of Forest Resources and Hunting

Date of abstract submission:
09.09.2017.

Conference:
Šumarska nauka u funkciji održivog razvoja šumarstva
25 godina šumarstva Republike Srpske