Sargassum
cinereum, J.
Agardh
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Fucales
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Sargassaceae
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Sargassum
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Sargassum
cinereum J.Agardh
Characteristics
Plants
with short, stout main axis, bearing terate, smooth, primary branches
at their upper part, beset with secondary branches and branchlets;
basal leaves membranaceous, oblong, about 2.5 - 3 cm long, 7 - 8 mm
broad, rounded at the apices and dentate at the margins; leaves of
the branchlets lanceolate, 2 - 2.5 cm long, 3 - mm borad, cuneate
at the base. Vesicles spherical, about 4 mm diameter, obovate, rounded,
usually mucronate at the apices, subcylindrical below.
Distribution
: Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra). Goa, Karwar, Honawar, Bhatkal
(Karnataka), Kerala.
Ecological
status : Intertidal zone
IUCN
status :LRnt
Uses
: used as a source of alginate, fertilizer, medicin
Cultivation
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