Ribes name to the popular blackcurrant cordial Ribena. The genus also includes the group of ornamental plants collectively known as the flowering currants, for instance "R. sanguineum". There are restrictions on growing some "Ribes" species in some U.S. states, as they are the main alternate host for white pine blister rust. Blackfoot Indians used blackcurrant root "(Ribes hudsonianum)" for the treatment of kidney diseases and menstrual and menopausal problems. Cree Indians used the fruit of "Ribes glandulosum" as a fertility enhancer to assist women in becoming pregnant. Currants are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. Ribes
Rheum ribes 3-0-rutinoside were isolated from the shoots of Syrian rhubarb. "Rheum ribes" is main food plant of a hairstreak butterfly (Rhubarb Hairstreak "Callophrys mystaphia"; Turkish name: "ışgınzümrütü" [lit. 'Rhubarb Emerald']) in Iğdır, Van, Hakkâri, Kars, and Siirt provinces in eastern Turkey. "Rheum ribes" leaves is food plant of Xylena exsoleta moth in Van Province, Turkey. Rheum ribes Rheum ribes, the Syrian rhubarb or currant-fruited rhubarb, rhubarb-currant, warted-leaved rhubarb, warty-leaved rhubarb, rhubarb of Babilonia is an edible wild rhubarb species in the genus "Rheum". It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is distributed in