Water hyacinth, Chinese name: fengyan blue, has the following roles:

1, agricultural use

Water hyacinth on nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and other meta-organic elements have a strong role in enrichment, which is particularly prominent in the enrichment of large elements of potassium. In the existing fengyan blue resource utilization, the more simple and common is to use its composting organic fertilizer and production of biogas, but also can be used directly to use its dry powder or will be burned ash as fertilizer or soil conditioner use.

2, pollution control

Role of water hyacinth can cure sewage: water hyacinth's ability to absorb pollution in all the water plants, is considered the strongest. Under suitable conditions, a hectare of water hyacinth can be 800 people discharged nitrogen and phosphorus elements absorbed that day, water hyacinth can also remove cadmium, lead, mercury, thallium, silver, cobalt, strontium and other heavy metal elements from sewage.

3, feeding otter rabbits

Fengyan blue soft and juicy, tender and delicious, nutritious, dry matter is mainly crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, etc., can be used as an excellent feed for chickens, ducks, geese, fish, pigs. Chopped, crushed or pulped, mixed with bran, made of mixed feed or silage, both to improve feed utilization, but also to kill parasites.

4, medicine

Whole grass (fengyan blue): light, cool. Clearing heat and relieving heatstroke, diuretic and eliminating swelling, dispelling wind-dampness. Used for heatstroke and thirst, edema, dysuria; external application of heat sores

5, ornamental

Stem very short, light blue flowers, prismatic trumpet; petal center has a clear bright yellow spot, shaped like a phoenix eye, very eye-catching, beautiful. Often is the landscape material in the garden water features.

6, the production of furniture

With special processing of water hyacinth compiled into a variety of furniture and decorations, not only the cost is lower than rattan and wooden furniture, and does not contain formaldehyde, the price is not expensive. The processed water gourd furniture can also decompose a variety of harmful indoor gases into water and carbon dioxide, play a role in purifying the environment.

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