name: Buffalo Currant

flavor_db_name_variants: buffalo currant

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Buffalo currant

id: 213

name_scientific: Ribes aureum var. villosum

description: Ribes aureum, known commonly as the golden currant, is a species in the genus Ribes. It is native to Canada, most of the United States (except the southeast) and northern Mexico. The species Ribes odoratum is closely related, and sometimes named Ribes aureum var. villosum. Ribes aureum is a small to medium-sized deciduous shrub, 2?3 metres (6.6?9.8 ft) tall. Leaves are green, shaped similarly to gooseberry leaves, turning red in autumn. The plant blooms in spring with racemes of conspicuous golden yellow flowers, often with a pronounced fragrance similar to that of cloves or vanilla. Flowers may also be shades of cream to reddish, and are borne in clusters of up to 15. The shrub produces berries about 1 centimeter in diameter from an early age. Ripe fruits, amber yellow to black in color, are edible. The flowers are also edible.

itis_id: 530043

wikipedia_id: Buffalo_currant

picture_file_name: 213.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 66239

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:31.000Z

legacy_id: 228

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:26.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:19.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 23283

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00213