TaxonomyRhodophyta
old name
Sphaerococcus serra
new name
Eucheuma serra
USE: Sphaerococcus serra
REFERENCES: Considered an edible species in Japan, and used as food in Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, and Philippines. Valued seaweed, edible for salad or stir-fry, medicinal for tumor or phlegm, resistant against insects, and extractable for carrageenan.
