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Nori

Pyropia tenera

Nori
Photo: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pyropia tenera, known as nori or gim, is a small red seaweed (alga) grown in cultivated sea beds and harvested for food. It needs cold, nutrient-rich seawater and is not a plant for a home garden or pot.

Family
Bangiaceae (Bangi family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows submerged in seawater; it is not watered in the usual sense.
Temperature
Cool seawater, typically around 10–20 °C; warmer water stresses it.
How easy
Hard
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Pyropia tenera, also known as gim or nori, is a red algal species in the genus Pyropia. The specific name, tenera, means "delicate" and alludes to its small size. It typically grows to lengths between 20 and 50 cm. It is most typically found in the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Other Pyropia plants

Pyropia columbina · Karengo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyropia tenera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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