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THE presence of Eichornia crassipes (water hyacinth) in the Nile has already been reported1. Since then its presence in force has been noted in the River Sobat; but its spread downstream in the White Nile is being checked at Jebel Aulia Dam, some 47 km. south of Khartoum.
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Nature, 182, 538 (1958).
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DAVIES, H. Effects of the Water Hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) in the Nile Valley. Nature 184, 1085–1086 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841085a0
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