Eichhornia crassipes

A couple of nice Water Hyacinth photos I identified:

Eichhornia crassipes


Picture by dinesh_valke
Typical name: Drinking water Hyacinth, Kabokkang (Manipuri), പോള peeaala (Malayalam)

Botanical identify: Eichhornia crassipes Kunth

- [ (ike-HORN-ee-uh) or (eek-HORN-ee-uh) named for Johann Albrecht Freidrich Eichhorn, 19th century Prussian politician (KRASS-ih-peez) thick foot ]
Synonyms: Eichhornia speciosa Kunth • Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf.
Loved ones: Pontederiaceae (pickerelweed household)

- [ (pon-te-DARE-ee-uh-see-ay) named for Guilio Pontedera, 18th century professor of botany in Padua, Italy ]

Origin: South The us

Water hyacinth, is a exclusive floating plant that is suitable for indoor ponds and large open up aquariums. It is also utilized as a summertime plant in European yard ponds. Its dimensions relies upon on the vitamins and minerals in the drinking water and the gentle intensity.

In open aquariums made up of pure water it varieties decorative miniature crops. It is now distributed all over the tropics and has turn out to be a menace, covering lake surfaces. In favourable problems it varieties an surprisingly lovely hyacinth-like flower.

Courtesy:

- Bouquets of India

- Aquaplant

- Best Tropicals

- Dave’s Backyard garden

- ZipCode Zoo

- EcoPort

– dict.die.internet/h2o hyacinth/

Notice: Identification or description might not be precise it is subject matter to your overview.

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms


Image by Ahmad Fuad Morad

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Pontederiaceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi bunting, Kambling telur, Bunga jamban], Lilac satan, Water hyacinth. Indigenous to Northern South The us (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil). Widely naturalized in tropics and subtropics. Ornamental, Soil improver (inexperienced manure). Plants perennial , usually free of charge-floating. Vegetative stems condensed, except when branching. Flowering stems erect , bending more than after flowering, to 25 cm, distal internode significantly less than 4 cm. Sessile leaves in basal rosette. Quite prolific expansion and the dense mat-like floating vegetation contributed to clogged drains, waterways and rivers. Almost certainly the most aggressive aquatic weed ever recognized in the tropics. Eradication of filariasis was also claimed hindered by this plant thanks to the capacity of the Mansonia mosquito larvae to breathe through the spongy airy 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 suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Databases

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

Eichhornia crassipes