Dictyopteris
dichotoma
(Hudson)
Lamouroux
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Family
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Genus
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Dictyotales
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Dictyotaceae
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Dictyota
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Dictyota
dichotoma
(Hudson)
Lamouroux
Characteristics
Plants
to about 1 dm tall, occasionally 3.5 dm bushy, usually regularly dichotomous,
forking at angles of 15-45 degree, usually with narrow sinuses, with
little general decrease in width from the base to the upper branches,
the lower segments a little broader below each fork than just about
it , the terminal division somewhat tapered, but hardly acute; segments
2-5 mm broad, the internodes 1.0-2.5 cm long, rarely proliferous except
at the base, which in colour and texture is much like the rest of
the plant.
Distribution
: Gujrat, Ratnagiri,Malvan, (Maharashtra), Goa, Karwar,Honawar, Bhatkal
(Karnataka), Lakshadweep
Ecological status : Intertidal zone
IUCN
status: NE
Uses
: Food, animal feed and alginate
Cultivation
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