Composition of Water Hyacinth

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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a frost-tender aquatic perennial plant that produces leathery, ovate to rounded, thick, glossy, inflated foliage that acts as their floats to form the dense matting 6-inch-tall composition.

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Composition of Water Hyacinth

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