Honey bees
Nectar value
Unknown
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Apple Rose
Rosa villosa
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 1.80 m high × 0.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Tea, Seed
- Functions
- Hedge, Fragrant
- Edibility
- 4 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 1 out of 5
Fruits - edible both raw and cooked. They have a pleasantly sour pulp and can be used to make jam and jelly. The fruits are about 30 mm in diameter but have only a thin layer of flesh surrounding many seeds. They are rich in vitamin C, with 1303 mg per 100 g (fresh weight). Be cautious when eating these fruits due to potential hazards; refer to the explanation above. The seeds are a good source of vitamin E and can be ground into powder to add to flour or other foods as a supplement. Make sure to remove the seed hairs. The leaves can be used as a coffee substitute. A pleasant fruit-flavored tea is made from the dried fruits.