What is Redcurrant?
{{Taxobox | name = Redcurrant | image = Ribes rubrum 1.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Cultivated redcurrant | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = [[Grossulariaceae]] | genus = '''''[[Ribes]]''''' | species = '''''R. rubrum''''' | binomial = ''Ribes rubrum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} [[Image:Ribes rubrum fruit Luc Viatour.JPG|thumb|Redcurrant]] A '''redcurrant''' (''Ribes rubrum'') is a type of [[fruit]]. It is related to the [[blackcurrant]]. They are in the same genus ''[[Ribes]]''. They can be found growing in the wild in western Europe ([[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]] and northern [[Italy]]). The redcurrant is more tart than the blackcurrant. Redcurrants are used in jams and other cooked foods. {{fruits}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Fruits]] [[Category:Ribes]]