Hydropuntia cornea
(J. Agardh) M. J. Wynne
GracilariaceaeSeaweed
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University of South Florida - Algae (USF-)
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Algae, Seaweed
The seaweed is eaten as algae.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, East Africa, South America, Tanzania, Venezuela,
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tropical seaweed of the family Gracilariaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Gracilaria cornea (J. Agardh) M. J. Wynne
References (2)
- http://www.seavegetables.com (As Gracilaria cornea)
- Zemke-White, W. L. & Ohno, M., 1999, World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary. Journal of Applied Phycology 11: 369-376 (As Gracilaria cornea)
