Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, is a woody shrub grown for its berries.
Black currant or blackcurrant may also refer to: Plants Carissa spinarum, a tropical plant native to areas around the Indian Ocean Ribes americanum, American black currant Ribes hudsonianum, northern black currant, native to North America Ribes laxiflorum, trailing black currant Ribes ussuriense, Korean blackcurrant, in the genus Ribes Zante currant, dried Black Corinth grapes
Other The Black Currant, a character in the comic strip Thrud the Barbarian Operation Blackcurrant in the UK, to maintain electrical supply during the extreme weather of early 1947
See also Black Current (disambiguation) Black gooseberry Currant (disambiguation) Current (disambiguation)