View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Ribes aureum var. villosum [Ribes odoratum] (Clove currant), profiled in the Wild Edible Series: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and others.
View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Ribes aureum var. aureum (Golden currant), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States and the Wild Edible Series: Arizona, California: Vol 1, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico: Vol 1, and Utah.
A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:
The same tea preparation is ingested to remedy mild gastric irritation and as a similar astringent for diarrhea. Moreover, most will find the plant soothing to inflamed urinary tract tissues.
A passage from Wild Edible Plants of Colorado:
Golden currant and Wax currant produce semi–sweet to neutral–tasting berries.
A passage from Wild Edible Plants of Utah:
Currant fruit contains fair amounts of vitamin C and health–promoting antioxidant flavonoids.
View photos of the edible plant, Ribes viburnifolium (Catalina currant), profiled in Wild Edible Plants of California (Vol 1).
