Limu (algae)

Several species of limu are used as food throughout Polynesia and is typically eaten raw as accompaniment to meals, usually fish.

In Hawaii, limu was seen as a major component of the Hawaiian diet alongside fish and poi.

Injured and accused parties gathered to pray, seek forgiveness and eat limu kala leaves as a symbol of reconciliation.

[10] Due to the shape of its foliage, the Maori also applied the name rimu to the native tree Dacrydium cupressinum.

Another threat to limu is the spread of marine alien invasive species, such as members of the genus Kappaphycus (smothering seaweed), Gracilaria salicornia (gorilla ogo), Avrainvillea amadelpha (leather mudweed), Hypnea musciformis (hook weed) and Acanthophora spicifera (prickly seaweed).