Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes fragrans

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes fragrans is a deciduous shrub with ascending stems; it can grow 50 - 70cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is cultivated as a fruit crop in Uzbekistan[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ], and has potential as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia.

HabitatMountain slopes among rocks and on stony taluses to lower parts of the bald mountain zone[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].