Water hyacinth is a water plant that floats on the surface of water, water hyacinth has the Latin name (eichhornia crassipes) this water plant actually originated from brazil and first entered indonesia in 1894 brought by a botanist from america to bogor botanical garden,
This plant is an ornamental plant that is quite liked because it has a purple-colored flowers,
But nowadays the presence of water hyacinth more acts as weeds. Water hyacinth has a fast growing speed and its spreading is through the water channel.
Water hyacinth has the ability to adapt from extreme changes of water rate. Changes in water content of nutrients, PH (soil acidity degree) water temperature and toxins contained in water. Water hyacinth can thrive in water conditions containing high nutrients. Which has nitrogen.potassium and posphat levels. The breeding of this plant is very fast. Because it can multiply by vegetative way with stolon and also generative with seed.
The classification of water hyacinth plant is as follows:
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: lillopsida
Order: Commelinales
Family: pondeteriaceae
Genus: Eichhornia kunth
Species: Eichhornia Crassipes
When viewed in terms of chemical composition contained in eceng gondok.solulosa is the largest main compiler that is as much as 64.51%. Very high solulosa content in water hyacinth is one source of raw materials to produce oxalic acid is through hydrolysis soloose into glucose. Glucose is reacted with HNO3 in a synthesis reactor with a catalyst rock V2O5 to produce oxalic acid.
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