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Codium edule

Plants

Family: Codiaceae · Genus: Codium

Codium edule

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Codium edule is a green alga common on shallow reef flats from the intertidal to the subtidal in tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. The species is common in Hawaiʻi where it is usually called wāwaeʻiole and considered an edible alga or limu. Prominent ethnobotanist Isabella Abbott described its usage in her writing.

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