Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes glaciale

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes glaciale is an unarmed, deciduous shrub; it usually grows 200 - 300cm tall, occasionally reaching 500cm[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar

HabitatForests and shrubberies; at elevations from 2,600 - 4,400 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Forests and thickets in mountain valleys, mountain slopes and rocks; at elevations from 1,900 - 3,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]