Laurencia undulata

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RhodomelaceaeLeavesSeaweed

Laurencia undulata

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Conveyor Belt

Laurencia undulata

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Conveyor Belt

What to Eat

Edible parts: Seaweed, Fronds

The fronds are eaten as seaweed.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant.

Asia, Korea, 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 Rhodomelaceae with undulating 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

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