Friday, June 20, 2014

Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae)

Some awesome Drinking water Hyacinth pictures:


Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae)


Image by Tim Waters

Foliage of Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae), the h2o-hyacinth in cultivation at the Nationwide Botanic Backyard, Glasnevin, Dublin.


Be aware unique bulges of aerenchyma on the petioles. Water-hyacinth has unfold from its home in the Neotropics to become an exceptionally aggressive tropical weed, choking waterways across tropical Africa and Asia. even though it may possibly have some use as a biomass gasoline and as tilapia fodder.


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Picture by Rock Portrait Pictures

Drinking water hyacinth is a tough weed to handle, and one of the worst in the planet. The Vietnamese use it to make handicrafts. Wikipedia says it drowns rivers, killing the fish, but that isn’t really stopping him.


Lake Victoria


Impression by Felix Krohn

That eco-friendly stuff is drinking water hyacinth, clogging up a lot of the sea’s surface area. Sure, There is a Lake beneath, even Africa’s greatest lake (by region).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_victoria



Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae)

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