Ogonori

Ogonori

Ogonori (Gracilaria spp.), also called ogo or sea moss, is a type of edible seaweed eaten along the coasts of Japan, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Ogonori is typically eaten cold and is a source of the thickener agar.

Uses

The potential of Gracilaria as a research subject for genomic study has hardly been explored. ^[1]

In Hawaii, people use it in Poke.

References

1. ^ Teo, S., Ho, C., Teoh, S., Lee, W., Tee, J., Rahim, R.A. and Phang, S. 2007 Analyses of expressed sequence tags from an agarophyte, Gracilaria changii (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 42: 41 - 46.

External links

• Edible sea weed