About Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevis.
Asparagopsis taxiformis, commonly called red sea plume or limu kohu, was formerly known as A. sanfordiana. It is a species of red algae with a cosmopolitan distribution across tropical to warm temperate waters. Research has shown that adding 0.2% A. taxiformis seaweed to the diet of ruminants reduces the animals' methane emissions by nearly 99 percent. In culinary use, Asparagopsis is one of the most popular varieties of limu. In Hawaiian cuisine, it is primarily used as a condiment. Its Hawaiian name is Limu kohu, which translates to "pleasing seaweed". Limu kohu has a bitter taste that is somewhat similar to iodine, and it is a traditional ingredient in poke. By weight, 80 percent of the essential oil of limu kohu is bromoform, also called tribromomethane. This essential oil also contains many other bromine- and iodine-containing organic compounds.
