Blackcurrant

The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub, which produces minute fit to be eaten berries with high natural vitamin C, which are very gloomy purple/blue in color almost black hence the name. It is also name as Black currant, quinsy berries and cassis.

The blackcurrant is a plant on the rise to 2 m height with wooded branches. The leaves are lobed. Blackcurrants have somewhat bitter taste. They used for jam, ice cream, cordial and liqueur.

In bar, the blackcurrant pleasant is referred to simply as "black", as in "vodka and black", "snakebite and black", "Pernod and black", or "black and lemonade".

Medicinal: Blackcurrant leaves for the most part used for their diuretic property. A tea made from dried out blackcurrant leaves are used against arthritis, urinary problems, diarrhoea, bleeding gums and coughs. Blackcurrant juice improves the urinary pH level and the emission of citric acid. Syrup made from blackcurrant juice is used to treat sore throats.