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It is native to Japan, Korea and eastern China. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - fruits raw or made into preserves, pies, etc.; young leaves and shoots raw or cooked as a vegetable; the flowers are used for flavouring tea and food; seeds of roses is generally a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement. Herbal plant - the leaves are poulticed and applied to sores; fruit s are anodyne, diuretic, hypoglycaemic and laxative, it is also antidotal to fish poisoning, it is used to treat constipation and articular pain; fruits are used externally to treat foul ulcers, wounds, sprains and injuries; seeds are laxative and diuretic; roots are rich in tannins, they are astringent and carminative.