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Sargassum cristaefolium

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Description

A tropical seaweed in the Sargassaceae family.

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Edible Uses

The fronds are eaten as seaweed.

Distribution

It grows in tropical places.

Where It Grows

Asia, Pacific, Solomon Islands, Taiwan,

References (2)

  • Womersley, H.B. S. & Bailey, A., 1970, Marine algae of the Solomon Islands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences 259:257-352
  • Wang, Wei-Lung and Chiang, Young-Meng, 1994, Potential Economic Seaweeds of Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan, Economic Botany, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 182-189

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