- GROSELLA __ Ribes glandulosum
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Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossularia
Genus: Ribes
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Origen: W. Europe
Vitamins: B1, C
Minerals: Ca, Fe, Cu, Mn
The whitecurrant is a cultivar of redcurrant. Is a decidious bush of 1 to 1,5 meters height, lobed leaves and green-yellowish flowers groupped in racemes
The fruits are true berries of a whitish translucent color, around 10 mm of diameter, groupped in racemes of 3 to 10 berries.
Rich in vitamins B1 y C, and in iron, copper, manganese and calcium.
Water 90%.
Of sweeter taste than the redcurrant, is more often eaten freshly raw, than in prepared dishes (in contrast to redcurrant), used in preserves (marmalades, jams) y drinks. Significant ingredient of Lorraine jelly, french marmalade (alternatively prepared with redcurrants), originally used as a complement for game meat.
Is an albino variety of redcurrant. [See]