Jania adherence Lamouroux

Order Family    Genus Corallinales Corallinaceae Jania

Jania adherence Lamouroux

Characteristics

Plant erect, 1 - 3.0 cm high, branching wide angled, the lower branches often arowate. Branches 100 - 200 micron diameter below, sometimes less in the uppermost branches, the segments 2 - 6 diameters long; articulation always present at the base of each branch, and commonly branvhes often slightly dicoted and retuse at the upper end; branch apices conical, acute.

Distribution : , Malvan, (Maharashtra); Goa, Karwar, (Karnataka); Lakshadweep,

Ecological status : Intertidal zone.

IUCN status :NE

Uses : Medicien

Culture/Cultivation :