Showing posts with label Pontederiaecae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pontederiaecae. Show all posts
Monday, June 25, 2012
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
ජපන් ජබර [Japan Jabara]/Water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes [Syn: Eichhornia crassipes])
A floating herb native to Brasil and other South American countries, which introduced and naturalized in
tropical African and Asian countries including Sri Lanka . It was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1905 as an ornamental plant and
now a common invasive plant in most water bodies such as tanks, canals, ponds etc of lowland dry and intermediate parts of the island . Propagated mainly by runners (stolons) which produced new plants.
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