Die Vitaminfrucht aus der Hecke. Früher Wintervorrat, heute Supermarktware. Was ist passiert?

Rosehips are the vitamin-rich fruit from the hedgerow: once a winter staple stored in jars, today often forgotten amidst pills and imported fruit. Rosehips, mostly from the dog rose (Rosa canina), grew along field edges, in gardens, and hedgerows long before vitamin C tablets were available on pharmacy shelves. Their peels were traditionally used for tea, purée, jam, and winter stores. Why did this local fruit disappear from many households, even though it remains a prominent wild fruit and vitamin source? You will learn: • How to identify rosehips from the dog rose (Rosa canina) and why not all hedgerow fruits are used in the same way. • How rosehip peels were used in the past in housekeeping, pantry preparation, and herbal medicine as a winter food supply. • Why obtaining vitamin C from plants was a practical matter long before dietary supplements were widely available. • How pills, supermarket products, imported fruit, and convenience displaced traditional harvesting and processing techniques. • Important precautions to take when harvesting wild roses, considering location, potential for confusion with other species, seeds, roadsides, and possible contamination. Sources & References: • Plants of the World Online, Kew Sciences: Rosa canina L. — Botanical reference database for the scientific classification and naming of the dog rose. • FloraWeb, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: Rosa canina agg. — German specialist source on the distribution, characteristics, and ecological classification of the dog rose group. • BZfE, Federal Centre for Nutrition: Rosehips and Wild Fruits — Consumer-oriented specialist information on the use, processing, and nutritional significance of wild fruits. • EMA/HMPC Assessment report on Rosa canina L., fructus — European medicinal plant assessment for the traditional use of rosehip fruit. • EFSA: Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to vitamin C — European assessment of permitted nutrition claims for vitamin C. • German Food Code / Max Rubner Institute — German nutrient database in which foods and their ingredients are systematically recorded. Note: This video is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not replace legal, financial, tax, medical, horticultural, domestic, or other professional advice and does not establish an advisory relationship with the channel. Before using wild plants, medicinal plants, home remedies, or garden applications, consult a suitably qualified professional, especially in cases of illness, pregnancy, medication, allergies, children, pets, or if you are unsure of plant identification. Laws, regulations, product information, soil contamination, location, and personal circumstances vary. Forgotten Botany assumes no liability for actions taken based on this content. Verify all information using primary sources. Forgotten Botany About the channel: Forgotten Botany tells the stories of old cultivated plants, wild herbs, hedgerow fruits, and home remedies that were once commonplace in gardens, monasteries, pantries, and old books. The channel combines plant identification, history, and careful research. If you want to rediscover old plants before valuable knowledge disappears forever, subscribe to Forgotten Botany for clear plant briefings from the garden, meadow, and hedgerow. Send this video to parents, siblings, neighbors, or gardening friends who might see rosehips every year but no longer recognize them as winter provisions. Do rosehips grow in your garden, at the edge of a field, or along a hedgerow in your town? Write: garden, field edge, or hedgerow. #MedicinalPlants #WildHerbs #PlantKnowledge #HomePharmacy #Herbalism #PlantIdentification #Rosehip #RosaCanina #VitaminC #WinterProvisions #HedgerowFruit