Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes nigrum

Edibility

5/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes nigrum is an erect, deciduous shrub producing a cluster of stems 100 - 200cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The blackcurrant is widely cultivated for its fruits in cooler parts of the temperate zone, especially in Europe and northern Asia. Its cultivation, though, is prohibited in parts of N. America because it harbours a stage of a rust that also affects many species of Pine[ 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. ]. The plant also has a range of medicinal and other uses.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to France, Bulgaria, N. and C. Asia.

HabitatHedges and woodlands, often by streams[ 9 Title Edible and Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Launert. E. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Description Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Wet meadows, disturbed streamsides, anthropogenic habitats[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].