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Name: Blackcurrant

Other Names: Schwarze Johannisbeerblaetter, Gichtbeerblaetter, Cassis, Cassistee, Feuilles de Cassis, French cassis, quinsy berries

Description: The Blackcurrant is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia. Blackcurrant is also known as French cassis. Blackcurrant is a small shrub growing to 1–2 m tall. The leaves are alternate, simple,3-5 cm long and broad, and palmately lobed with five lobes, with a serrated margin. The flowers are 4–6 mm diameter, with five reddish-green to brownish petals; they are produced in racemes 5–10 cm long. The fruit is an edible berry 1 cm diameter, very dark purple in colour, almost black, with a glossy skin and a persistent calyx at the apex, and containing several seeds.The fruit has a high natural vitamin C content.In addition to the high levels of vitamin C, studies have also shown concentrated blackcurrant to be an effective Monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Blackcurrant seed oil is a rich source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a very rare essential fatty acid. Black currant berries are also called quinsy berries, and borage seed oil is also called startlower oil. The plant oils are derived from the berries or seeds. Other names for Black Currant include: Ribes Nigrum, Schwarze Johannisbeerblaetter, Gichtbeerblaetter, Cassis, Cassistee, and Feuilles de Cassis.

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