botanical record · discovered
Black Currant
Ribes nigrum
Black Currant · Ahlbeere · Andere-mahats beltz · Berrish ghoo · Carny janowy krick · Cassis · Cassis, Cassissier, Groseillier noir · Cassissier · Coacăz negru · Coeden Gyrains · Cuirín dubh · Cyrains Duon · Eurddraenen Ddu · European black currant
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Europe, US, Turkey, Chile
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cough, Cyanogenetic, Depurative, Diuretic
Science studied: ACETALDEHYDE, ACETIC-ACID, ACETONE, BETA-ALANINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Grossulariaceae
Scientific name: Ribes nigrum
Common names: Black Currant, Ahlbeere, Andere-mahats beltz, Berrish ghoo, Carny janowy krick, Cassis, Cassis, Cassissier, Groseillier noir, Cassissier, Coacăz negru, Coeden Gyrains, Cuirín dubh, Cyrains Duon, Eurddraenen Ddu, European black currant
POWO: 792873-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Europe, Elsewhere, US, Turkey, Chile.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cough
- Cyanogenetic
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Liqueur
- Refrigerant
- Scurvy
- Sudorific
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- Tea
- Detergent
- Digestive
- Tumor
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Europe
- Elsewhere
- US
- Turkey
- Chile
Documented cultural uses
- Cough
- Cyanogenetic
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Liqueur
- Refrigerant
- Scurvy
- Sudorific
- Tea
- Detergent
- Digestive
- Tumor
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Cough · Europe · "
- Cough · Elsewhere · "
- Cyanogenetic · US · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Liqueur · Europe · "
- Refrigerant · Turkey · "
- Scurvy · Turkey · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Tea · Elsewhere · "
- Detergent · Turkey · "
- Digestive · Turkey · "
- Tea · Turkey · "
- Tumor · Chile · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- In vitro release kinetics and mathematical modeling of ribes nigrum extract-loaded PLGA/chitosan nanoparticles. · 2026 source ↗
- The Nutraceutical Potential of Blackcurrant (<i>Ribes nigrum</i>) for Glycemic Control and Metabolic Health: Mechanistic and Translational Insights. · 2026 source ↗
- Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Cronartium ribicola Associated With Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) in Poland · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETONE
- BETA-ALANINE
- ALUMINUM
- ISOAMYL-BUTYRATE
- ANTHOCYANOSIDES
- ARSENIC
- ASPARAGINE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BORON
- 2-BUTANOL
- 2-BUTANONE
- BUTYRALDEHYDE
- CADMIUM
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- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- (+)-CATECHIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHROMIUM
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- CITRONELLYL-ACETATE
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN
- EMULSIN
- EO
- ETHYL-BENZOATE
- FAT
- FLUORINE
- FORMIC-ACID
- (+)-GALLOCATECHIN
- GERANIOL
- GLYCOLLIC-ACID
- HARDWICKIC-ACID
- CIS-HEX-3-EN-1-OL
- HUMULENE
- INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID
- IRON
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- LEAD
- GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- MERCURY
- METHYL-BENZOATE
- 3-METHYL-BUTANOL
- P-METHYLISOPROPENYLBENZOL
- METHYL-N-HEXENOATE
- 2-METHYL-PROPANOL
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- MYRCENE
- MYRICETIN
- NICKEL
- CIS-BETA-OCIMENE
- TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE
- BETA-OCIMENE
- OCTEN-1-OL-(3)
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PENTANAL
- 2-PENTANOL
- PENTANOL
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- PROLINE
- PROPANOL
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- QUERCITRIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- RUTIN
- SERINE
- SILICON
- STYROL
- TANNINS
- TERPINENE
- TERPINENOL-(4)
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- VALINE
- VIT-B-6
- CALCIUM
- ETHANOL
- MANGANESE
- 3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL
- ALPHA-ALANINE
- ANTHOCYANINS
- BUTANOL
- BUTYL-FORMIATE
- CALCIUM-PECTATE
- TRANS-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CITRONELLOL
- COPPER
- CYANIDIN
- CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- P-CYMOL
- DELPHINIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- ETHYL-ACETATE
- FORMALDEHYDE
- GENTISIC-ACID
- 2-HEXENAL
- INVERT-SUGARS
- KAEMPFEROL
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- METHANOL
- 2-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-OL
- 1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYLBENZOL
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- NORVALINE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- 1-PENTEN-3-OL
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SODIUM
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- TERPINOLENE
- THREONINE
- BUTYL-ACETATE
- QUERCETIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASTRAGALIN
- CAR-3-ENE
- CELLULOSE
- CITRIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- CYANIN
- DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- DIOSPHENOL
- ISODIOSPHENOL
- EUCARVONE
- FLAZIN METHYL ETHER
- DEHYDROXY-METHYL FLAZIN
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN
- (+)-HARDWICKIIC ACID
- KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCO-RHAMNOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCO-XYLOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTOSIDE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- P-MENTH-1,8-DIEN-4-OL
- MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- PELARGONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-POLYMER
- QUERCETIN-3-GLUCO-XYLOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTOSIDE
- SAKURANETIN
- (+)-SPATHULENOL
- STEARIDONIC ACID
- SUCROSE
- VITAMIN-K-1
- ARGININE
- CAREN-3
- M-CYMOL
- FLAVONOIDS
- GLUCOSE
- LEUCINE
- LINALOOL
- OXALIC-ACID
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- COBALT
- SULFUR
- CAMPHENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- EPIGALLOCATECHIN
- GALLOCATECHIN
- ISOMENTHONE
- LIMONENE
- PULEGONE
- SABINENE
- ASH
- BROMINE
- DACTYLIFRIC-ACID
- DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- ETHYL-BUTYRATE
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FRUCTOSE
- GLUTAMINE
- HEXANOL
- ISOLEUCINE
- MAGNESIUM
- METHYL-BUTYRATE
- MOLYBDENUM
- NIACIN
- NITROGEN
- OCT-1-EN-3-OL
- P-CYMENE
- P-CYMENOL-(4)
- PECTINESTERASE
- POTASSIUM
- RUBIDIUM
- SELENIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUGARS
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TRANS-HEX-2-EN-1-OL
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- ZINC
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-GALLOCATECHIN-GENTISIC-ACID
- SALICYLATES
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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