Kelp
Uses
Giant kelp can be harvested fairly easily because of its surface canopy and growth habit of staying in deeper water.
Uses
Kombu can be used to soften beans during cooking, and to help convert indigestible sugars and thus reduce flatulence.
Kelp
Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order) Laminariales. There are about 30 genera. Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is not a plant but a stramenopile.