Field Guide
Limu (Seaweeds).
The native seaweeds of Hawaiʻi, foundational to reef food webs and a treasured part of Hawaiian cuisine.
Field Guide
Limu — the Hawaiian word for seaweed — is foundational to every reef food web and to traditional Hawaiian cuisine, medicine, and ceremony.
Konohiki (resource managers) once cared for limu beds with the same precision as fishponds, and today many heritage species are being restored on community reefs.
Visit our Seaweeds (Limu) guide for full profiles of the most important Hawaiian limu.
