Grossulariaceae Ribes triste Pallas
Red Currant
Ojibwa - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 410
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Ribes triste Pallas
Scientific name: Ribes triste Pallas
USDA symbol: RITR (
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Common names: Red Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae
Family (APG): Grossulariaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: In the winter, a favorite dish was wild currants cooked with sweet corn.
RECRD: 99 id: 33764