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Ribes nigrum is indigenous to central and northern Europe, Caucasus, Central Siberia and Himalaya.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Ribes nigrum. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_4

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