Sea Lettuce
Phylum : Chlorophyta
Class : Ulvophyceae
Order : Ulvales
Family : Ulvaceae
Species Name : Ulva lactuca Linnaeus
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This is a green seaweed - one of 1200 species found globally.
Uses :
- As a food - used within salads and as a garnish
- Contains - ash, carbohydrates, fibre, lipids, protein
- As a mineral supplement - contains ascorbic acid (vitamin A)
- gout treatment - traditional use
- Source of iodine
- As an animal feed and as a fertiliser
- Used to make paper
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