Serial no: 119
Status: Complete
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
Annamite Highlands and Xieng Khuang Plateau
Landscape units
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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.
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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