Abstract

AN OVERREVIEW ON WATER- HYACINTHEICHHORNIA CRASSIPES

Dara Abhilasha*, E. Nikitha, I. Supriya and K. Vijaya Sindhu

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Abstract

Eichhornia crassipes is also commonly know as water hyacinth .It is a perennial, free floating aquatic plant that has clusters of leaves either spongy stalks arising from a base of bark feathery roots. These drugs are used as anti -inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti bacterial and anti cancer activity but these are effect the water ecosystem etcIt is also ornamental aquatic plant. It is used as very effectively in phytorediation, particularly for the rhizo filtration of effluents contaminated by heavy metals. The elements like co,cu,cr,Ni,Zn,pd Cd and AS etc. IT also have some region of traces of photo degradation effect and phyto degradation effect etc. These are mostly abundant and availability of this weed. These are can grow in temperature like tropical, subtropical, temperature climate of the world. Due this reason the drugs many disturb the lake ecosystem (or) pond ecosystem. It was the major disadvantage of this plant.

Keywords: E. Crassipes, Water Hyancinth, Phytorediation.