About Cabomba furcuta:
- It is popularly called Pink Bloom due to its massive flowering.
- It is native to central and South America which was brought to Kerala as an aquarium plant and has escaped to the wild.
- It is a submerged perennial aquatic plant that grows in stagnant to slow-flowing freshwater.
- The plant has a high natural dispersal potential due to its ability to readily fragment and spread both actively and passively.
- It requires a large quantity of oxygen for its growth and will choke water bodies and drainage canals.
- It causes decline in diversity of native aquatic plants and causes economic losses by affecting yield of freshwater fishes.
Key facts about Kole wetlands
- It is the largest brackish, humid tropical wetland ecosystem located in the state of Kerala.
- Extending from the northern bank of Chalakudy River in the south to the southern bank of Bharathapuzha River in the north
- It is situated in the central Asian Flyway of migratory birds.
