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Laurencia pinnata

Yamada

Rhodomelaceae Edible: Seaweed, Fronds

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium; Max & Fran Hommersand Algae Herbarium: Algae (NCU-Algae)

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Description

A temperate seaweed in the family Rhodomelaceae with pinnate fronds.

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Edible Uses

The fronds are eaten as seaweed.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Asia, Taiwan,

References (1)

  • 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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