Hypnea saidana
Holmes
Hypneaceae Edible: Fronds, Seaweed
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Meise Botanic Garden
Description
A tropical seaweed in the family Hypneaceae, characterized by edible fronds.
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Edible Uses
The fronds are consumed as seaweed.
Distribution
It grows in tropical places.
Where It Grows
Asia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Taiwan,
References (2)
- Millar, A. J., et al, 1999, Annotated and Illustrated Survey of the Marine Macroalgae from Motupore Island and Vicinity (Port Moresby area, Papua New Guinea). 111. Rhodophyta. Australian Systematic Botany 12, 549-591
- Wang, Wei-Lung and Chiang, Young-Meng, 1994, Potential Economic Seaweeds of Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan, Economic Botany, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 182-189
