Azolla pinnata R. Br Family - Salviniaceae Common name - Mosquito fern (Aquatic free-floating fern) Found mostly on the surface of small, still ponds or backwaters and riverbanks.
Azolla pinnata R. Br
Family - Salviniaceae
Common name - Mosquito fern
(Aquatic free-floating fern)
Found mostly on the surface of small, still ponds or backwaters and riverbanks.
They are green, blue-green or dark red color & coated with tiny hairs. The tiny hairs of the plant are responsible for, the velvet appearance & make the top surface of the leaf as a water repellent.
Uses -
It is used as a natural fertilizer, which takes advantage of the nitrogen-fixing abilities of the symbiotic blue-green algae.
It can be used as green manure.
Antioxidant activity
Antibacterial activity
It has a wide range of use including fodder for dairy cattle, pigs, chicken, ducks, fish, and rabbit.
It has the ability to absorb a certain amount of heavy metal pollutants such as lead from contaminated water.
In the Philippines, it eats as an ingredient to salads.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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