What is the term Terror of Bengal used for?

What is the term terror of Bengal used for?

Answer: The famously known term, the ‘terror of Bengal’, is used for the Eichhornia crassipes, which is water hyacinth. It is so-called as it grows in ponds and competes with other plants growing in that region. When it grows in that region, it fights for the resources to survive and kills all the native plants; hence it has got the name ‘terror of Bengal’.

These plants immensely reduce the oxygen levels dissolved in the water and increase the biological demand for oxygen for aquatic life and eventually causing the death of these aquatic animals. As it is held responsible for causing the death of so many plants in the region of Bengal, it got the tag of terror.

This water hyacinth, which is a shrub, grows at a rapid rate on the surface of the water and causes all the problems for aquatic life it can. It causes the death of aquatic plants as well as aquatic animals. It covers the surface water and stops light from reaching the surface of the water body, which further causes the loss of aquatic life. Hence it is rightly called the ‘terror of Bengal.