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|synonyms_ref = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species )〕 }} The gooseberry ( or (American) or (British)),〔Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition, 1989. Accessed online 22 April 2010. (Note however that the OED has final /ɪ/, as this entry predates its acceptance of ''happy''-tensing.)〕 with scientific names ''Ribes uva-crispa'' (and syn. ''Ribes grossularia''), is a species of ''Ribes'' (which also includes the currants). It is native to Europe, northwestern Africa, west, south and southeast Asia.〔(Altervista Flora Italiana, ''Ribes uva-crispa'' L. )〕 Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis. The species is also sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America.〔(Flora of North America, ''Ribes uva-crispa'' Linnaeus, 1753. European gooseberry, groseillier épineux )〕 Although usually placed as a subgenus within ''Ribes'', a few taxonomists treat ''Grossularia'' as a separate genus, although hybrids between gooseberry and blackcurrant (e.g., the jostaberry) are possible. The subgenus ''Grossularia'' differs somewhat from currants, chiefly in their spiny stems, and in that their flowers grow one to three together on short stems, not in racemes. It is one of several similar species in the subgenus ''Grossularia''; for the other related species (e.g., North American Gooseberry ''Ribes hirtellum''), see the genus page ''Ribes''. ==Growth habit and physical characteristics== The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height and width, the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots. The bell-shaped flowers are produced, singly or in pairs, from the groups of rounded, deeply crenated 3 or 5 lobed leaves. The fruit are berries, smaller in wild gooseberries than the cultivated varieties, but often of good flavour; it is generally hairy, but in one variety smooth, constituting the ''R. uva-crispa'' of writers. The colour of the berries is usually green, but there are red (to purple), yellow, and white variants.〔 (''Ribes hirtellum'' fruit can be green or dark purple to black.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northern Ontario Plant Database )〕) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gooseberry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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