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Green gooseberries Red berries of Ribes uva-crispa. Gooseberry (/ ˈ ɡ uː s b ɛ r i / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈ ɡ uː z b ɛ r i / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈ ɡ ʊ z b ər i / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance, and also several ...
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The ripe fruit will hang on the bush in good condition through late summer, and is eaten by birds. The somewhat unripe fruit can be used in cooking recipes as a gooseberry. Like blackcurrants, the fruit freezes well, and like many other members of the genus Ribes, it is rich in vitamin C.
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
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.
Ribes uva-crispa, known as gooseberry or European gooseberry, [2] is an Old World species of flowering shrub in the currant family, Grossulariaceae. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit, for which it has been cultivated.
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Gooseberries may also be used to describe tropical plants producing fruit superficially similar to Ribes fruit. This includes: This includes: Byrsonima lucida , the "Long Key" gooseberry, native to the Caribbean