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.

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