name: Redcurrant

flavor_db_name_variants: redcurrant

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Redcurrant

id: 156

name_scientific: Ribes rubrum

description: The redcurrant (or red currant), Ribes rubrum, is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe. It is a deciduous shrub normally growing to 1-1.5 m tall, occasionally 2 m, with five-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green, in pendulous 4–8 cm racemes, maturing into bright red translucent edible berries about 8–12 mm diameter, with 3-10 berries on each raceme. An established bush can produce 3-4 kilos of berries from mid to late summer.

itis_id: 504798

wikipedia_id: Redcurrant

picture_file_name: 156.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 91355

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:09.000Z

legacy_id: 165

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: 175228

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00156