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Nomenclature
Fucus vesiculosus L. Fucaceae
Standardized common name (English): bladderwrack
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
[Fucus vesiculosis has an] odor strongly seaweed-like; taste saline and nauseous.
Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [1]
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Macroscopic Characteristics
| [Fucus vesiculosis ... ] [s]ometimes a meter in length, but usually in shorter pieces, from 1 to 4 cm. in width, dichotomously branched, brownish black, usually with. a slight, whitish incrustation; flat, smooth, entire-margined, having a stout midrib throughout, along which are irregularly disposed pairs of air-vesicles which vary in diameter from 5 to 15 mm.; receptacles terminal, compressed, mostly ovate or elliptical and about 1 cm. in length, but varying from spherical and 5 mm. in diameter to linear-lanceolate and 5 cm. in length, forked, solitary, or in pairs.
Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [2]
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Source: PlantaPhile[3]
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Microscopic Characteristics
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ PlantaPhile http://plantaphile.com/
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
