Ribes nidigrolaria

Rud. Bauer & A Bauer

Jostaberry

GrossulariaceaeFruit
Ribes nidigrolaria
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit can be eaten fresh or used for jellies.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In Hobart Botanical gardens.

Australia, Canada, Europe, Isle of Man, North America, Switzerland, Tasmania, USA,

Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Austria, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

This is a hybrid between Black currant and Gooseberry. It does not have thorns. The ripe fruit are black.

Other Information

It is cultivated.

Notes

There are about 150 Ribes species.

Names & Synonyms
A hybrid
References (2)
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000)
  • Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 591

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