Sargassum pallidum

Sargassum pallidum is a species of seaweed native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the subgenus Bactrophycus, section Teretia of the genus Sargassum.^[1] Along with Sargassum fusiforme, S. pallidum is often dried and processed into a traditional Chinese medicine known as Hai Zao or Herba Sargassi.^[2]

Sargassum pallidum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Fucales
Family:	Sargassaceae
Genus:	Sargassum
Species:	S. pallidum
Binomial name
Sargassum pallidum (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820
Synonyms
Fucus pallidus Turner, 1808 Halochloa pallida (Turner) Kützing, 1849