Ribes ussuriense (common name - Korean black currant) is an Asian species of Ribes (currant), first described in 1906 by Edward Janczewski[1][2] (in 1904 the name alone was published)[3][4] The species epithet, ussuriense, means that the species comes from Ussuri.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to heights of about 1m. its branches are green and covered with short hairs and glandular dots. The leaves are opposite, the petioles are 3–7cm long and also have short hairs and glandular dots. The leaf blade is round, 4–8cm long, 4–10cm wide, and shallowly divided into 3–5 lobes. The leaf base is heart-shaped, and its margins are coarsely serrated. The veins on the front and back of the leaf have short hairs and glandular dots. The flowers occur in groups of 5–9 in short racemes from the ends of branches and leaf axils. The flower stalks are 3–5mm long and have fine hairs. The light-yellow petals are ovate-lanceolate.[8]
Phenology
In Korea, it flowers in June, with its round berries ripening to black in August.[8] The berries are edible.[8]
Distribution
It is native to the north of Korea (where it grows on highland plains) and to Sakhalin and Ussuri in Russia.
↑ Janczewski, E. (1906). "Seance du lundi 8 Janvier 1906". Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math. (in French). 6: 12.
↑ Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 2: 627-1887. EABCN, Seoul.
↑ Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
↑ Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources
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