Grossulariaceae
Black currant
Ribes nigrum
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (65)
- Arabic
- كشمش أسود, الكشمش الأسود, ريباس أسود, كشمش اسود, هلموش
- Asturian
- Bruselar negru
- Azerbaijani
- Qara qarağat
- ba
- Ҡарағат
- Basque
- Andere-mahats beltz
- Belarusian
- Парэчкі чорныя
- bo
- སིལ་ཏོག་ཅིག་གི་མིང་།
- bua
- Үхэр нюдэн
- Bulgarian
- Касис, Черно френско грозде
- Cantonese
- 黑加侖子
- Catalan
- Riber negre, Cassís, Grosella negra, Groseller negre
- Chinese
- 哈日一哈达, 旱葡萄, 茶藨子, 黑加仑, 黑加侖, 黑果茶藨, 黑茶藨子, 黑茶镳子（黑穗醋栗、黑果镳）
- csb
- Smarlëna
- Czech
- Rybíz černý, Meruzalka černá, Černý rybíz
- Danish
- Solbær-busk, Solbær, Solbærbusk
- dsb
- Carny janowy krick, Carna janowka
- Dutch
- Zwarte bes, Zwarte aalbes, Zwarte bessen
- English
- Black currant, European black currant, Blackcurrant, Cassis
- Esperanto
- Nigra ribo, Ribo nigra
- Estonian
- Must sõstar, Mustasõstrapõõsas, Mustsõstar
- Finnish
- Mustaherukka, Mustaviinimarja
- French
- Groseillier noir, Cassissier, Cassissier d'Europe, Groseiller noir
- frr
- Solbei
- Galician
- Groselleira negra
- Georgian
- Შავი მოცხარი
- German
- Schwarze Johannisbeere, Aalbeere, Ahlbeere, Cassis, Kakelbeere
- gv
- Berrish ghoo
- Hebrew
- ענבי שועל
- hsb
- Čorny januškowc, Čorna janska jahodka, Čorny janski jahodowc
- Hungarian
- Fekete ribiszke, Fekete ribizli
- Icelandic
- Sólber
- Igbo
- Agbụrụ akụmakụ
- io
- Kasiso
- Irish
- Cuirín dubh
- Italian
- Cassis
- Japanese
- クロスグリ, カシス, クロフサスグリ, ブラックカラント, ブラッククラント, 黒すぐり, 黒スグリ
- Kazakh
- Қарлыған
- Kyrgyz
- Кара карагат
- Latvian
- Upene, Melnā upene, Upenes
- Lithuanian
- Juodasis serbentas, Juodieji serbentai
- Maltese
- Kassisa
- Mongolian
- Үхрийн нүд
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Solbær, Solbærbusk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Solbær
- os
- Сау хъæлæрдзы
- Persian
- انگورفرنگی سیاه
- Polish
- Porzeczka czarna, Czarna porzeczka
- Portuguese
- Groselha preta, Groselha-preta
- Quechua
- Yananara
- Romanian
- Coacăz negru
- Russian
- Чёрная смородина, Смородина черная, Черная смородина
- sah
- Моонньоҕон, Моонньоҕон, сэппэрээк
- se
- Čáhppesjieret, Sáhppesjieret, Čáhppesjierit
- Slovak
- Ríbezľa čierna, Čierna ríbezľa
- Slovenian
- Črno grozdičje
- Spanish
- Casis, Grosella negra, Grosellero negro
- Swedish
- Svart vinbär, Svartvinbär, Tistron
- Turkish
- Siyah frenk üzümü, Kuş üzümü
- tyv
- Инек-караа
- udm
- Сьӧд сутэр
- Ukrainian
- Смородина чорна, Чорна смородина
- vec
- Ùa spinèla
- vep
- Čigičaine
- Vietnamese
- Lý chua đen
- Welsh
- Llwyn Cwrens Duon
Synonyms
- Botrycarpum nigrum A.Rich.
- Botrycarpum nigrum (L.) Spach
- Botryocarpium nigrum (L.) Spach
- Grossularia nigra Mill. ex Steud.
- Grossularia nigra (L.) Rupr.
- Ribes nigrum subsp. vulgare Ehrh.
- Ribesium nigrum (L.) Medik.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: SteveK, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J. Albert Vallunen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aiwok, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ribes
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- Alpine currantRibes alpinumGrossulariaceae
- Golden currantRibes aureumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes petraeumGrossulariaceae
- Red flowering currantRibes sanguineumGrossulariaceae
- CurrantRibes spicatumGrossulariaceae
- American black currantRibes americanumGrossulariaceae
- Spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumGrossulariaceae
- Red currantRibes tristeGrossulariaceae
- Fuchsiaflower gooseberryRibes speciosumGrossulariaceae
- Siberian currantRibes diacanthumGrossulariaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.