This page provides some basic information about the gooseberry, with gooseberry photos and gooseberry proverbs.
| Scientific name: | Ribes uva-crispa |
| Synonym: | Ribes grossularia |
| English: | Gooseberry |
| Dutch: | Kruisbes |
| Dutch: | Klapbes |
| Dutch: | Knoeper |
| Dutch: | Stekelbes |
| Spanish: | Grosella espinosa |
| Spanish: | Grosella espinosa europea |
| French: | Groseillier à maquereau |
| German: | Stachelbeere |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Origin: | Europe, North West Africa, South West Asia |
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