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Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Water hyacinth) Free-floating aquatic macrophytes Family – Pontederiaceae Common name – Bilatidala

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
(Water hyacinth)
Free-floating aquatic macrophytes
Family – Pontederiaceae
Common name – Bilatidala
Flowers produce large numbers of long-lived seeds that can remain viable for up to 20 years in sediments.
Uses – 
Antimicrobial activity
Antioxidant activity
Wound healing activity
Antitumor activity
larvicidal activity

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. 

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Cuttack, Odisha India

www.aprf.co.in

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