Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-652.16.13
Ribes nigrum
English: Blackcurrent bush; Blackcurrant; Black currant; Cassis.
Dutch: Zwarte bes.
Region: temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia.
Habitat: prefers damp fertile soils; winter hardy, Breeding is common in Scotland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, and New Zealand to produce fruit with better eating qualities and bushes with greater hardiness and disease resistance.
Content: anthocyanes, increasing the permeability and resistance of capillaries, improving microcirculation; vitamine C, vitamine B1, vitamine B2, vitamine P, Gamma linolenic acid; polyphenols.
Use: fruit for jams, jellies, preserves, syrups, juices, alcoholic beverages; dyes; as a flavouring agent; cultivated commercially and domestically; ornamental; medicinal; fruit eaten raw, cooked in sweet or savoury dishes.
Botany
Leaves: palmate; stalked; with scattered, yellow glands on the under surface; about 5 cm diameter; three to five pointed, serrate, angular lobes.
Fruit: bunches of small, glossy black berries.