Eucheuma speciosum

(Sonder) J. Agardh

Jelly plant

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seaweed, Algae

The seaweed and algae are used to make jelly.

It grows in warm temperate water.

Australia*, Tasmania*,

Countries: Australia

A seaweed that grows in warm temperate water, belonging to the family Areschougiaceae (also classified in Solieriaceae).

Also put in the family Solieriaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Gigartina speciosa Sonder

References (4)

Cribb, A.B. & J.W., 1976, Wild Food in Australia, Fontana. p 189
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 295
Irving, F.R., 1957, Wild and Emergency foods of Australian and Tasmanian aborigines. Oceania 28:113-42.
Kiple, K.F. & Ornelas, K.C., (eds), 2000, The Cambridge World History of Food. CUP p 237