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Why is Eichhornia crassipes nicknamed as “Terror of Bengal”?

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Eichhornia crassipes is an aquatic weed that grows abundantly and very fast in eutrophic water bodies and imbalances water ecosystem. It causes oxygen depletion leading to death of aquatic life (eutrophication).

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