ஆகாயத் தாமரை Botanical name - Eichhornia crassipes Common name : Water hyacinth Tamil name – AKAYATH THAMARAI (ஆகாயத் தாமரை) ‘sky lotus’ Young leaves and petioles are cooked;Dried plants can be used as fertilizer;Plant converts carbon dioxide to oxygen; Good source of biomass. S.Soundarapandian (int:Talkpagelinktext) 13:17, 23 May 2015 (UTC)PD-self