Sea cabbage is wakame just called different.

Sea cabbage for the algae plant Ulva schreberi family Kongshi Ulva algal body, also known as sea spinach, sea lettuce, sea strip, moss cabbage. Scientific name "Brasenia schreberi". Green algae, Ulva family. Algae body turquoise, alone or clustered, often with different sizes of holes in the form. Sea cabbage, algae body turquoise, cell polygonal, mononuclear, chloroplast sheet, a starch nucleus.

For the two layers of cells composed of membranous body, leaf blade ovoid, undulate edge, 10~30CM high. base sessile, for discoidal fixation, by the base of the two layers of cells between the downward extension of many pseudoroot filaments composed of fixation. Asexual and sexual reproduction, sporophyte and gametophyte homomorphic alternating generations. Lives on rocks or in rocky marshes in the middle and low intertidal zones.

Extended information:

Sea cabbage is the algae of the alga Ulva schizothoracini family Kongshi Ulva, algae turquoise, alone or clustered, 10 to 14 cm high, the form is often with holes of varying sizes.

Sea cabbage per 100 grams of edible part containing 47.8 grams of water, 11.2 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber 4.3 grams, but also contains a variety of minerals and vitamins. It grows on the rocks in the middle and low tide zones. Distributed in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the South China Sea is less. Contains a variety of minerals and vitamins.

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