Codium tenue
(Kuetzing) Kuetzing
Papu-lo
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Summary
Source: WikipediaCodium tenue is a species of seaweed in the Codiaceae family. In Western Australia it is found along the coast in one small area in the South West region.
Description
A green tropical seaweed of the family Codiaceae.
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Edible Uses
The seaweed/algae is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia, Senegal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, West Africa,
References (5)
- Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 134
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 625
- Wang, Wei-Lung and Chiang, Young-Meng, 1994, Potential Economic Seaweeds of Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan, Economic Botany, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 182-189
- www.algaebase.org
- Zemke-White, W. L. & Ohno, M., 1999, World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary. Journal of Applied Phycology 11: 369-376
