Water Hyacinth That Thrives In Muddy Pond Areas Royalty-Free Stock Image

Water hyacinth & x28;Eichhornia crassipes& x29; is a type of floating aquatic plant. Besides being known as water hyacinth, in several areas in Indonesia, water hyacinth has other names such as in the Palembang area it is known as Kelipuk, in Lampung it is known as Ringgak, in Dayak it is known as Ilung-ilung, in Manado it is known as Tumpe. Water hyacinth was first discovered accidentally by a scientist named Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, a German botanist in 1824 while on an expedition in the Brazilian Amazon River. Water hyacinth has a high growth rate so that this plant is considered a weed that can damage the aquatic environment. Water hyacinth easily spreads through waterways to other bodies of water.