Eichhornia crassipes : A defensive water creature

in science •  7 years ago 

This is a water plant that the beautiful flowers we see when he was blooming, but do you know if this plant is claimed as a weed plant that can contaminate the water even these plants worship faster than other aquatic plants.

Eichhornia crassipes is one of a kind of floating aquatic plants. This plant was first discovered accidentally by a scientist named Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, a German botanist in 1824 while doing an expedition in the Brazilian Amazon River. This plant has a high growth rate so that this plant is regarded as a weed that can damage the aquatic environment. This plant is easily spread through water channels to other water bodies.

Today I found this plant in the river Nagan raya, at first glance looks flowers in bloom and inda, but after I dilakuakan little observation, it turns out this plant has growth so fast in bandingka some other species of aquatic plants.

This plant spreads through its small roots and sucks so much, and it can also flood the water that does not flow, many of us encounter, this plant always confuses the water which he suction under it, for that reason this plant is regarded as a weed. Below I have some pictures of the growing type of Eichhornia crassipes in my area. If you have also met you can comment on this post I, and of course discuss what is in growing by this in your place.

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Thank you for sharing knowledge @safar01. From your post. I know about the Eichhornia crassipes plant. And who the inventor of the plant. This post is very useful for me. And add to my knowledge of this plant.

This is a very beautiful flower :)

Yes, this flower does look beautiful, but this plant is categorized as a weed :)

Look's good, Awasome.