Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes × nidigrolaria

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes × nidigrolaria is an unarmed, deciduous shrub growing up to 180cm tall. Jostaberry is a complex hybrid species, produced by crossing the blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) with the gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) and the American gooseberry (Ribes divaricatum). It is increasingly being cultivated as a fruit crop[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeGarden hybrids derived from complex crosses between the blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), the gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) and Ribes divaricatum

HabitatNot known in the wild.