Ribes orientale Desf.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Grossulariaceae > Ribes

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1-2 m high. The twigs have glands and are hairy. The leaves are small and have 3-5 shallow lobes. The leaves are 1.2-3.5 cm wide. They are rounded or kidney shaped. The leaves have blunt teeth along the edge. The leaves have glandular hairs. The flowers are of one sex and occur in erect clusters. They are small and reddish-purple. The clusters are 3-5 cm long. The flowers are 3-5 mm long. The fruit are red, round berries. They have a few hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Stony slopes and rocks; at elevations up to 4,000 metres in the Himalayas. Forests, forest margins, rock crevices, roadsides; at elevations from 2,100-4,900 metres in China.
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It is a temperate plant. In the Himalayas it grows between 2,100-4,000 m altitude. It grows on stony slopes. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses breeding drinks food hedge medicinal rootstock
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Purgative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Ribes orientale world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Costa Rica, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:792893-1
WFO ID wfo-0000405122
COL ID 4SYGL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ribes orientale Ribes villosum Ribes odoriferum Ribes orientale var. resinosum Ribes orientale var. genuinum