Red currant

Fri, 03/20/2009 - 13:21 — chrism
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Latin Name:
Ribes triste
Uses:
Food and Medicine

As food. This shrub has edible red berries. The berries are picked in late summer, and either eaten raw or made into jam. As medicine. A tea made from the whole plant (leaves and stems) is used for stomach ailments.

Source: Andre, Alestine and Alan Fehr, Gwich'in Ethnobotany,
2nd ed. (2002)

As Medicine:

The leaves of the red currant plant are crushed and applied to burns.

Source: Andre, Alestine, Nant'aih nakwits'inahtsìh (The Land Gives Us Strength) (2006)