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Ribes nigrum - widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries

black currant, European black currant

black currant - small black berries used in jams and jellies

genus Ribes, Ribes - a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere

currant bush, currant - any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

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Species names get a bit complicated, thanks to extensive hybridization, but black currants are typically members of Ribes nigrum and R.

CURRANT AFFAIRS: No need to feel behind the times with tart, easy-growing currants in your garden

the Latin name for blackcurrant is ribes nigrum - hence the drink name Ribena.

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Its proposed INCI name is Ribes nigrum (black currant) seed oil, octyldodecanol, octyldodecl oleate, ocytldodecyl stearoyl stearate, alcohol, Paeonia suffruticosa root extract, Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Solidago virgaurea (goldenrod) extract.

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PL Thomas, Morristown, NJ, has joined forces with Just the Berries of Palmerston North, New Zealand, a grower and processor of black currant derivations (Ribes nigrum L).

PL Thomas partners with just the Berries

Earlier, we have detected antiviral activity in an extract from Ribes nigrum L.

Journal abstracts: activity of anthocyanins from fruit extract of Ribes nigrum L. against influenza A and B viruses

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