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Since blackcurrant berries are a rich source of the vitamin, and blackcurrant plants are suitable for growing in the UK climate, the British Government encouraged their cultivation and soon the yield of the nation's crop increased significantly. From 1942 onwards, blackcurrant syrup was distributed free of charge to children under the age of two.
Other traditions use R. laxiflorum for an infusion to make an eyewash (roots and or branches, by the Bella Coolah). [6] Decoctions of: bark to remedy tuberculosis (with the roots, by the Skokomish); or for the common cold (Skagit): leaves and twigs, as a general tonic (Lummi). [6] Woody stems are fashioned into pipe stems (Hesquiat). [6]
Ribes (/ ˈ r aɪ b iː z /) [5] is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [2] The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and whitecurrants, or as gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants.
The species is divided into two varieties, [4] each known simultaneously as northern black currants, and by their own individual common, and scientific names; the type variety, R. h. var. hudsonianum, is also known as the Hudson Bay currant; [4] [7] whereas R. h. var. petiolare is also known as the western black currant. [4] [3]
Ribes americanum is a North American species of flowering plant in the gooseberry family known as wild black currant, [1] [3] [4] [5] American black currant, [6] and eastern black currant. [7] It is widespread in much of Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia ) and the northern United States (from New England to Washington , with additional ...
Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g., blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant; Zante currant (US), dried black Corinth grapes; smaller than raisins (just "currant" in other English-speaking countries) Currant tomato, Solanum pimpinellifolium, small tomato species; Currant-tree, Amelanchier canadensis, also called Juneberry or shadblow serviceberry
The record is currently held by the white mulberry tree, with flower movement taking 25 microseconds, as pollen is catapulted from the stamens at velocities in excess of half the speed of sound—near the theoretical physical limits for movements in plants. [3]