Species:
Ribes orientale Desf.
Common name:
Groseiller d'Orient
Oriental currant
Arabic name:
كشمش شرقي
Endemic to:
The east Mediterranean region
Habitat :
En altitude (at altitude).
Chromosome Number:
2n = 16chr.
Geneva Herbaria Catalogue
Herbarium WU, University of Vienna
Herbier du MNHN de Paris
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Herbarium
Botanic Description
Fr: arbrisseaux de 50cm à 150cm. Ribes orientale a des pieds femelles ♀ et des pieds mâles ♂. Les soies glanduleuses sont odorantes. Les jeunes rameaux sont viscides. Les feuilles ont entre 3 et 5 lobes aux dents obtuses. Le calice est le corolle sont de couleur jaune-verdâtre. La grappe mâle ♂ est dressée et peu allongée, alors que la grappe femelle ♀ est plus courte. Le fruit est une baie rougeâtre 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.
Eng: shrubs from 50cm to 150cm. Ribes orientale has female feet ♀ and male feet ♂. The glandular bristles are fragrant. The young twigs have silky viscid hairs. The leaves have between 3 and 5 lobes with obtuse teeth. The calyx and the corolla are greenish-yellow. The male cluster ♂ is erect and not very elongated, while the female cluster ♀ is shorter. The fruit is a reddish 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 berry.
Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve
Jaj Cedars Nature Reserve
Tannourine Nature Reserve
Date: November 2012
Location: Tannourine
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher
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Date: November 2012
Location: Tannourine
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher
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Date: November 2012
Location: Tannourine
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher
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Date: November 2012
Location: Tannourine
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher
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Date: 8 Juillet 2017
Location: Jaj Nature Reserve
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: 7 Mai 2020
Location: Jaj Nature Reserve
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: 2 Mai 2020
Location: Jaj Nature Reserve
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: 2 Mai 2020
Location: Jaj Nature Reserve
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: 7 Mai 2020
Location: Jaj Nature Reserve
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: 27 Août 2020
Location: Akkar
Photo: Akkar Trail
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Date: 27 Août 2020
Location: Akkar
Photo: Akkar Trail
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Date: 27 Août 2020
Location: Akkar
Photo: Akkar Trail
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Altitude
4000m
2100m
Distribution
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Flowering Period
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