List of gooseberries

Gooseberry most often refers to cultivated plants from two species of the genus Ribes:Ribes uva-crispa native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia.Ribes hirtellum, American gooseberry

Hybrids between Ribes hirtellum and Ribes uva-crispa, including most of the modern gooseberry cultivars

The common name is also used for the following botanical groups.

''Ribes''

Gooseberries may be used to describe the genus Ribes as a whole, or particular wild species of Ribes contrasted with currants, including:

Plants unrelated to ''Ribes''

Gooseberries may also be used to describe tropical plants producing fruit superficially similar to Ribes fruit. This includes:Byrsonima lucida, the "Long Key" gooseberry, native to the Caribbean

Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis, native to Sri Lanka and southern India
Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between deliciosa and other Actinidia species
Curio herreanus, a succulent native to South America that superficially resembles gooseberryPereskia aculeata, the Barbados gooseberry, an unusual cactus
Within family Phyllanthaceae:
* Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry or emblic
* Jamaican gooseberry tree, an herb-like plant
* The "Star gooseberry", meaning either:
** Phyllanthus acidus, the "Otaheite gooseberry", the only Phyllanthoideae with edible fruit, or
** Sauropus androgynus, a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
Within family Solanaceae:
* Physalis angulata, also called balloon or cutleaf groundcherry
* Physalis peruviana, Cape gooseberry, indigenous to South America Withania somnifera, Poison gooseberry