Padina australis
Hauck
Agar-agar, Funnel weed
DictyotaceaeSeaweed
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seaweed
The seaweed can be added to soups, stews, fritters, salads, and stir fries.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows near the edge of the tidal zone on sheltered shores.
Asia, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Pacific, SE Asia, Solomon Islands, Tahiti,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen
How to Identify
A seaweed. It has a fan shape. The outer edges roll inwards. In plants under water the fan often forms a funnel shape. There are lines in a series of rings on the fronds. These are due to rings of hairs. The reproductive bodies are small black spots.
Names & Synonyms
Daun-besar
References (6)
- Cribb, A.B. & J.W., 1976, Wild Food in Australia, Fontana. p 196
- Cribb, A.B., 1996, Seaweeds of Queensland A Naturalist's Guide. The Queensland Naturalists' Club Handbook No. 2. p 51
- Kiple, K.F. & Ornelas, K.C., (eds), 2000, The Cambridge World History of Food. CUP p 236
- Novaczek, I., 2001, A Guide to the Common Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Islands. SPC. p 27
- Womersley, H.B. S. & Bailey, A., 1970, Marine algae of the Solomon Islands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences 259:257-352
- Zaneveld, J.S., 1951, The economic marine algae of Malaysia and their applications. 2 The Phaeophyta. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council. 129-33
