Bostrychia tenella

(J. V. Lamouroux) J. Agardh

BostrychiaceaeSeaweed
Bostrychia tenella
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Bostrychia tenella
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(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Seaweed, Algae

Used as seaweed and algae for consumption.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Caribbean, Central Africa, Central America, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, FSM, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guyana, Hispaniola, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Lesser Antilles, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nigeria, North America, Pacific, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, SE Asia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, West Africa, West Indies, Western Sahara,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Botswana, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Micronesia, Gabon, Grenada, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, South Korea, Laos, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mali, Myanmar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nauru, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical red algae seaweed with characteristically curled or curved branches.

Names & Synonyms
Plocamium tenellum J. V. Lamourouxand others
References (4)
  • Cribb, A.B. & J.W., 1976, Wild Food in Australia, Fontana. p 196
  • Cribb, A.B., 1996, Seaweeds of Queensland A Naturalist's Guide. The Queensland Naturalists' Club Handbook No. 2. p 71
  • 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
  • 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