Saccharina japonica (
Dashi kombu) is a marine
speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
of Phaeophyceae (brown algae), a type of kelp or seaweed, that is extensively cultivated in
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
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Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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KoreaKorea is a civilization and formerly unified nation currently divided into two states. Located on the Korean Peninsula, it borders China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait....
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A commercially important species
Saccharina japonica is used for
KombuKombu or konbu , also called dashima or haidai , is edible kelp from the family Laminariaceae widely eaten in East Asia....
, Haidai , an important food flavouring from
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Large harvests are produced by rope cultivation, a simple method of growing seaweeds by attaching them to floating ropes in the ocean.
The species is native to Japan, but has been cultivated in China, Japan, Russia, France, and Korea.
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Saccharina japonica (
Dashi kombu) is a marine
speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
of Phaeophyceae (brown algae), a type of kelp or seaweed, that is extensively cultivated in
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and
KoreaKorea is a civilization and formerly unified nation currently divided into two states. Located on the Korean Peninsula, it borders China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait....
.
A commercially important species
Saccharina japonica is used for
KombuKombu or konbu , also called dashima or haidai , is edible kelp from the family Laminariaceae widely eaten in East Asia....
, Haidai , an important food flavouring from
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Large harvests are produced by rope cultivation, a simple method of growing seaweeds by attaching them to floating ropes in the ocean.
The species is native to Japan, but has been cultivated in China, Japan, Russia, France, and Korea. It is one of the two most consumed species of kelp in China and Japan. The harvest is also used for the production of alginates, with China producing up to 10 000 tonnes of the product each year.
The species was transferred to
SaccharinaSaccharina is a genus of 20 species of Phaeophyceae . It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m .The commercially important species Saccharina japonica is cultivated for Kombu; an...
in 2006. Three synonyms for this species name are
Laminaria japonica J.E. Areschoug 1851, its variety
Laminaria japonica var.
ochotensis (Miyabe) Okamura 1936, and
Laminaria ochotensis Miyabe 1902.