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Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms


Impression by Ahmad Fuad Morad

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Pontederiaceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi bunting, Kambling telur, Bunga jamban], Lilac satan, Drinking water hyacinth. Native to Northern South America (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil). Extensively naturalized in tropics and subtropics. Ornamental, Soil improver (green manure). Crops perennial , normally totally free-floating. Vegetative stems condensed, apart from when branching. Flowering stems erect , bending above after flowering, to twenty five cm, distal internode less than 4 cm. Sessile leaves in basal rosette. Quite prolific development and the dense mat-like floating vegetation contributed to clogged drains, waterways and rivers. Possibly the most intense aquatic weed at any time recognized in the tropics. Eradication of filariasis was also claimed hindered by this plant owing to the potential of the Mansonia mosquito larvae to breathe by way of the spongy ethereal roots.

Synonym(s):
Pontederia crassipes Mart.
Eichhornia speciosa Kunth [Illegitimate]
Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf.
Eichhornia cordifolia Gand. [Illegitimate]
Eichhornia crassicaulis Schltdl.
Eichhornia crassicaulis Schlecht.
Heteranthera formosa Miq.

Ref. &amp recommended reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/file/kew-242133
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?318848

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