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NAME: Clove Current

SPECIES / FAMILY: Ribes Odoratum / Grossulariaceae

OTHER COMMON NAME(S):  Buffalo currant

CONDITIONS: sun-partial shade
 

PARTS:	EDIBLE	TASTE	RAW/COOK	SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves
Stalk/Stem
Buds
Flowers		sweet/clove	RAW	Spring
Fruits		sweet/clove	RAW/DRY/COOK	Jul-Aug
Pods
Seeds
Nuts
Roots
Bark

 

PORTION: small-medium

 

COMMENT:  Fruit - raw or cooked. The quality varies from plant to plant, the best forms are sweet and make very pleasant eating. The fruit ripens from late July and can hang on the bush until early autumn. The fruit can also be dried for winter use. The fruit is about 10mm in diameter, though it is larger in some selected cultivars. Flowers - raw. A sweet taste. The leaves can be used to make a tea or as a flavouring in foods.(1)

 

HISTORY OF "FORBIDDEN FRUIT": Interesting history to the banning of commercial growing of wild currants:

• https://www.currantc.com/pages/about &  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6yWhLnnbbfE

• https://www.gardeningetc.com/advice/is-it-illegal-to-grow-currants-in-the-united-states

•  https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2006/07/welcome-back-black-currants-forbidden-fruit-making-ny-comeback

 

CAUTION:

 

NUTRITION/MEDICINAL:  Antidote. A poultice of the plant has been applied to snakebites.(1)

·        https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1085/black-currant  (Black currant)

·        https://draxe.com/black-currant (Black currant)

 

LOOK-A-LIKES:  

 

POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES: 

 

OTHER USES:

 

SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):

1. https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Ribes+odoratum (Buffalo)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes (genus) many species
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes_aureum (buffalo or clove currant)
4. http://rawedibleplants.blogspot.com/2012/07/buffalo-currant-ribes-odoratum.html
5. https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/discover-delicious-currants-gooseberries-zmaz05aszsel
6. https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/currants-and-gooseberries-in-orchard-understory-zbcz1801
7. https://www.gardenia.net/plant/ribes-odoratum-clove-currant
8. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RIAUV
9. https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/sticky-rosemary-currant-glazed-lamb/46a02210-166e-4cbb-9186-8a4fe7d23e3b
10. https://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20200628/currently-crazy-for-currants