Meristotheca coacta
Okamura
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium; Max & Fran Hommersand Algae Herbarium: Algae (NCU-Algae)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium; Max & Fran Hommersand Algae Herbarium: Algae (NCU-Algae)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium; Max & Fran Hommersand Algae Herbarium: Algae (NCU-Algae)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium; Max & Fran Hommersand Algae Herbarium: Algae (NCU-Algae)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fronds, Seaweed
The fronds are eaten as seaweed.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Asia, Taiwan,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A subtropical seaweed in the family Solieriaceae, with edible fronds.
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
