Ribes nigrum
Common name
Black current
Family
Grossulariaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
RIBNIG
Conservation status
Not assessed
Flower colours
Green, Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1922
Origin
Temperate Eurasia
Etymology
nigrum: Latin meaning black