Sargassum
tenerrimum J.
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Fucales
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Sargassaceae
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Sargassum
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Sargassum
tenerrimum J.Agardh
Characteristics
Plants
pyramidal in form, delicate and with a disc shaped holdfast, yellowish-brown
in colour, reach a height of 30-40cm, axis glabrous and rounded, ultimate
branchlets modified into vesicles and receptacles, leaves thin, transparent,
2-6 cm long and 0.5-1.5 cm broad, alternately arranged, being larger
and broader in the lower portion becoming smaller and narrower towards
the apex marginal leaves somewhat dentate, midrib more or less prominent,
vesicles stalked and spherical, receptacles richly branched and spinose.
Distribution
: Gulf of Kutchchh, Okha, Dwarka, (Gujarat)Bombay, Malvan,Ratnagiri,
(Maharashtra), Goa, Karwar, Honawar, Bhatkal (Karnataka),
Ecological
status : Intertidal and subtidal zones
IUCN
status :LRnt
Uses
: It forms a source for production of sodium alginate, animal feed,
futilizer and medicin
Culture/Cultivation
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