2. Undaria pinnatifida is often called "vegetables in the sea" in some countries in Europe and America. Indeed, seaweed drifting in the sea can really remind people of vegetables on land. Undaria pinnatifida, like land plants, forms its own carbohydrate through photosynthesis (land plants is cellulose, Undaria pinnatifida is polysaccharide such as alginic acid and alginate), and protein is directly produced through nitrogen assimilation, just like vegetables. But if we carefully observe its life history, we will find that Undaria pinnatifida is very different from terrestrial plants.