Question

An aquatic plant, native to South America was introduced in India for its beautiful, large purple and violet flowers but has become the most problematic weed is ______.

विकल्प

• Eichhornia crassipes

• Parthenium hysterophorus

• Prosopis juliflora

• Trapa spinosa

Answer 1

An aquatic plant, native to South America was introduced in India for its beautiful, large purple and violet flowers but has become the most problematic weed is Eichhornia crassipes.

Explanation:

The world's most troublesome aquatic weed is Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth). Its rapid growth rate allows it to blanket the surface of entire water bodies, choking them and posing a hazard to other aquatic life forms.