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Botanical origin of Mei-gui Hua (petal of a Rosa species)

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Mei-gui Hua has been used as a crude drug in traditional medicine and as herbal tea in China. The scientific name of Mei-gui is Rosa rugosa thunb. However, the morphological characteristics and botanical ecology of Mei-gui were different from those of R. rugosa. Since the botanical origins of Mei-gui cultivated in China have not yet been clarified, we compared Mei-gui and R. rugosa in terms of their morphological characteristics, phylogenetic analysis, and phytochemical studies. Our research suggested that Mei-gui cultivated around Tarim Basin in Xinjiang Province showed homology to Rosa gallica, while those cultivated in the northeastern parts of China are considered to be hybrids of R. rugosa.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Toshiro Shibata of the Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources (Hokkaido), National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, and Mr. Naotoshi Yoshida of the Hokkaido University, Medicinal Plant Garden, for kindly supplying the sample of R. maikwai. We also thank Mr. Guo Yong-lai of the Pingying Rose Research Institute of China for kindly supplying the samples of Mei-gui.

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  1. Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami, 090-8507, Japan

    Sarangowa Ochir, Kouta Ishii, ByoungJae Park, Tomohiko Matsuta, Minoru Funaki & Takashi Yamagishi

  2. Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri, 099-2493, Japan

    Makoto Nishizawa

  3. Harunire Bio Laboratory Co., Ltd., 603-2 Hakuyo-cho, Kitami, 090-0013, Japan

    Tsutomu Kanazawa

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Ochir, S., Ishii, K., Park, B. et al. Botanical origin of Mei-gui Hua (petal of a Rosa species). J Nat Med 64, 409–416 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-010-0422-9

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