name: Blackcurrant

flavor_db_name_variants: blackcurrant

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Blackcurrant

id: 155

name_scientific: Ribes nigrum

description: Blackcurrant, with the scientific name Ribes nigrum, is a species of Ribes native to central and northern Europe, and northern Asia. It is widely cultivated commercially and domestically as a temperate fruit crop for its abundant berries. It is less well known in the United States where it has been subject to restrictions as a disease vector for most of the 20th century.

itis_id: 24488

wikipedia_id: Blackcurrant

picture_file_name: 155.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 92534

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:10.000Z

legacy_id: 164

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:23.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:17.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 78511

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00155