Ulva intestinalis
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Green algae, Green nori, Green guts, Gutweed
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seaweed, Frond, Algae
Eaten raw, cooked, or dried. Commonly steamed with meat, stir-fried, mixed with sesame oil, or used as filling for spring rolls. The dried, toasted, and powdered seaweed serves as a condiment on rice, meat, fish, soups, and vegetables, and can be mixed with cornmeal to make bread. Sold fresh and dry in markets.
Where to Find It
It is distributed almost worldwide. It grows in temperate waters. It can grow in sea water, brackish water and even fresh water. It attaches to rocks and shells and can be floating.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, Europe, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mediterranean, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, North America, Norway, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Scandinavia, SE Asia, Taiwan, Tasmania, West Africa,
How to Identify
It is a green seaweed. It has long filaments. It has fronds that are unbranched tubes. These are irregularly constricted. They can be 25 cm long and 2 cm wide. They can be much smaller.
Nutrition Score: 3/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaweed | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ulva intestinalis is a green alga in the family Ulvaceae, known by the common names sea lettuce, green bait weed, gutweed, and grass kelp. Until they were reclassified by genetic work completed in the early 2000s, the tubular members of the sea lettuce genus Ulva were placed in the genus Enteromorpha.
Other Information
It is eaten in many countries. It is sold dry and fresh in markets.
Notes
This seaweed is used as bait for certain fish.
Names & Synonyms
Baitweed, Lumot, Tarmgronske
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