Grossularia cynosbati

(L.) Mill.

Dogberry, Eastern Prickly Gooseberry, American wild gooseberry

Grossulariaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub. It grows 1.6 m high. It can have spines. The branches are slender and hang down. The leaves are rounded and 5 cm across with 3-5 lobes. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are green and in groups of 3. They are bell shaped. The fruit is brownish-purple. They are prickly. Some kinds do not have prickles.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten and used for pies, jellies, and preserves.

Traditional Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten. They are used for pies, jellies and preserves.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Canada, North America, USA,

Notes

There are about 150 Ribes species.

Synonyms

Ribes cynosbati L.

References (7)

Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 120 (As Ribes cynosbati)
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 562 (As Ribes cynosbati)
Medsger, O. P., 1939, Edible Wild Plants. Macmillan Company. p 15
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 477 (As Ribes cynosbati)

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Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Ribes cynosbati)
Sp. pl. 1:202. 1753 (As Ribes cynosbati)