Meristotheca procumbens

P. W. Gabrielson & Kraft

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Algae, Seaweed

The seaweed can be eaten raw or cooked.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in shallow water.

Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, Pacific,

Countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa

A seaweed. It is rubbery, fleshy, swollen and firm. It is red coloured. It can be 12 cm across.

References (3)

http://www.seavegetables.com
Novaczek, I., 2001, A Guide to the Common Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Islands. SPC. p 26
Zemke-White, W. L. & Ohno, M., 1999, World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary. Journal of Applied Phycology 11: 369-376