- Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30199 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | NONE Macrocystis pyrifera | Entry Book Number | ||
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| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
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| Uses | Use: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Fronds and air bladders The longest vegetable known, having been acertained to be from 500 to 1500 feet in length. It is a gigantic sea weed, a single leaf or frond of which is often 10 feet long, and more than a man can lift. In some par, ts of Chile this plant is used for food by the poorer classes, being made into a very palatable soup. 226 | ||||