Turbinaria conoides
(J. Agardh) Kutzing
Labi-labi
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Algae, Frond, Seaweed
It is eaten in salads or prepared as pickles.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Africa, Andaman Islands, Asia, Australia, China, East Africa, Fiji, FSM, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Micronesia, Middle East, Pacific, Palau, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Reunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, SE Asia, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Micronesia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tropical seaweed belonging to the Sargassaceae family.
Notes
There are about 22 Turbinaria species.
Names & Synonyms
Agar-agar lesong
References (10)
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- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Zaneveld, J.S., 1951, The economic marine algae of Malaysia and their applications. 2 The Phaeophyta. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council. 129-33
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