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Last update: 2024-10-26

ໄຄ
River weed

Spirogyra spp.


Plants
Aquatic plants

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Local name:
ໄຄ, ໄກ, ໄກຼ, ຊວ່າ Eng: River weed ( ໄຄ,ໄກ, ໄກຼ, ຊວ່າ, river weed)

Synonyms :
Zygnema varians Hassall

Family:
Zygnemataceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :
North Laos Highlands
Annamite Highlands and Xieng Khuang Plateau

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:
N/A

Invasiveness :
N/A

IUCN status :
N/A

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Food

Comments on use types:

Food: River weed is highly nutritious and commonly available. Many local people have a long-standing tradition of cooking it for food in many ways.
Product: River weed in some localities is a popular commodity and river weed processing is in high demand. From a survey in 2015, production of khai paen in 25 villages in Luang Prabang was found to produce an average income of 6 million kip (up to 38 million kip and at least 1 million kip) per family per production season.


Domestication:
N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:
N/A

Value chains:
N/A

Nutrition
Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:
N/A

Nutrient /100g Remark
Proteins N/A N/A
Carbohydrates N/A N/A
Fats N/A N/A
Vitamins N/A N/A
Minerals N/A N/A
Fibers N/A N/A

References
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References:
ອະພິສິດ ມານິດສອນສັກ. 2017. ບົດສັງລວມຜະລິດຕະພັນຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ສະບັບທີ 3 ໄຄ, ໄຄແຜ່ນ. ໂຄງການຕາບີ
ອານົນ ຄໍາຮຸ່່ງ ແລະ Dirk Van Ganbergue. 2016. ຜະລິດຕະພັນຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ສິບຫົກຊະນິດທີ່ມີທ່າແຮງສູງຕໍ່ການຄໍ້າປະກັນ ສະບຽງອາຫານ ແລະ ເສີມສ້າງລາຍຮັບໃຫ້ແກ່ປະຊາຊົນ. ອົງການສະວິດ ເພື່ອພັດທະນາ ແລະ ການຮ່ວມມືປະຈຳ ສປປ ລາວ, ວຽງຈັນ, ສປປ ລາວ. ໜ້າທີ 32-34.
Krieger, H. 1944. Systematische Teil [Lieferung 4]. In: Ordnung: Zygnemales. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland und der Schweiz. Vol. 13. (Kolkwitz, R. & Krieger, H. Eds), pp. 295-499. Leipzig: Academische Verlagsgesellschaft Becker & Erler.
Transeau, E.N. 1951. The Zygnemataceae (fresh-water conjugate algae) with keys for the identification of genera and species, and seven hundred eighty-nine illustrations. pp. 1-327, 789 figs. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press.

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