Dictyopteris woodwardii (Brown ex Turner) C. Agardh

Order Family    Genus Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Dictyopteris

Dictyopteris woodwardii (Brown ex Turner) C. Agardh.

Characteristics

Plants erect with well defined holdfast. Frond 10-15 cm or more in height, flat 5-6 mm broad, linear, branched repeatedly dichotomously, midrib distinct, occuring throughout the length of the frond; lower part of midrib blackish, stiff, 0.5 1 mm thick; higher above becoming paler; at extremities fading to the colour of the frond; surface of frond perforated on both the sides by minute pores which are scattered; apex of frond bifid with obtuse segments. Margin of frond, denate, undulating; base of the frond the membranous portion worn out by wave action, the midrib alone remain naked; the colour of the plant is pale brown, olive green inged with yellow; fructification in a narrow belt close to midrib on both side of it.

Distribution : Okha, Dwarka, (Gujrat), Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra)

Ecological status : Intertidal zone

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Uses : Extraction of algenate, fertiliger

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