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CURRANTS Ribes triste Description: Plant
Habitat: Moist woods or
thickets. Uses: Very tasty. Makes good jelly and jam and excellent wine. Athabascans use the stems with outer bark removed for medicine against colds and flu. Trailing black currants are also eaten. Black currant leaves are used for tea. Seeds of some black currants may be a source of gamma lineolic acid (GLA), a health chemical in demand and commanding high prices, currently obtained from evening primrose. Special Harvest or Processing Comments: Red currants will not spoil as quickly as raspberries or cloudberries, but they will not preserve themselves like lingonberries. Timely processing is needed. |
Low
spreading shrub;