Prasiola japonica
Yatabe
Stream vegetable
Prasiolaceae Edible: Seaweed, Algae
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Description
A freshwater seaweed or algae. The filaments are like paper and irregular and wavy along the edge.
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Edible Uses
The seaweed/algae is eaten as a vegetable.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in streams in the mountains in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Japan,
Nutrition
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaweed | 14.8 | 1074 | 257 | 3.6 | — | — | 1.4 | 25.7 |
References (6)
- Food Composition Tables for use in East Asia FAO http://www.fao.org/infoods/directory No. 723
- Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 258
- H. W. Johnston, 1970, The Biological and Economic Importance of Algae, Part 3. Edible Algae of Fresh and Brackish Waters. Tuatara: Volume 18, Issue 1, July 1970
- Jao, C., 1947, Prasiola yunnanica sp. nov. Botanical Bulletin of the Chinese Academy 1:110 (As Prasiola yunnanica)
- Jassley, A., 1988, . Spirulina: A model algae as human food. In Algae and human affairs. ed. C.A. Lembi and J.R. Waaland, 149-79. Cambridge. (As Prasiola yunnanica)
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- Kiple, K.F. & Ornelas, K.C., (eds), 2000, The Cambridge World History of Food. CUP p 234 (As Prasiola yunnanica)