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Asexual Reproduction

Question

A plant was introduced into our country for its beautiful flowers and peculiar shape of its leaves. But it has become a menacing aquatic weed that depletes oxygen and leads to the death of fishes. Identify this plant and also its vegetative propagules.

Easy

A

Eichhornia- Offset
B

Pistia- Offset
C

Agave - Bulbil
D

Bryophyllum - Bulbil

Solution

The plant is Water hyacinth or Eichhornia princeps and the propagule is offset. Eichhornia is commonly called as terror of Bengal and it is a menacing aquatic weed of freshwater bodies which depletes the oxygen of water body and responsible for death of aquatic fauna.

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