Ecklonia biruncinata(Bory de Saint Vincent) Papenfuss [family LESSONIACEAE ] Fucus radiatusTurner [family FUCACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Ecklonia biruncinata
Ecklonia radiata
Fucus radiatus
Common name
Ecklon's kelp (South Africa, Seagrief)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
Information
Entry for Ecklonia biruncinata (Bory) Papenf. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 5
Names
Ecklonia biruncinata(Bory) Papenf. [family ]
Common names
English Ecklon's kelp (South Africa, Seagrief).
Uses
Phytochemistry: mucilage
Description
A brown seaweed with a deeply pinnatifid broad, long lamina borne on a stout stipe and anchored by a much-branched holdfast to rocks of the lower tide limit and below; to about 1 m long; recorded along the Atlantic coast of Africa from the Canaries to Sen