There are many things you can do to improve air quality in your indoor space. Consider adding double-duty plants that not only look great, but clean the air as well.
Potted tropical foliage plants to consider:
- Snake Plant, Sansevieria trifasciata removes benzene, formaldehyde and reduces carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Spider Plant, Chlorophytum comosum, removes benzene, formaldehyde
- English Ivy, Hedera helix, removes formaldehyde
- Peace lily, Spathiphyllum, removes Acetone and benzene
- Lady Palm, Rhapis excels, removes ammonia, also Bamboo palm or reed palm (Chamaedorea sefritzii)
- Boston Fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, removes formaldehyde from air
- Draceana, Dracaena marginata, removes formaldehyde and select other gasses Cornstalk dracaena (Dracaena fragans ‘Massangeana’), Janet Craig dracaena (Dracaena deremensis ‘Janet Craig’), Warneck dracaena (Dracaena deremensis ‘Warneckii’)
- Golden Pothos, Epipremnum aureum, removes formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and benzene.
- Aloe, Aloe vera, not only great soothe skin after a burn and removes formaldehyde and benzene
A few flowering potted plants to also consider:
- Wax Begonia, Begonia semperflorens removes benzene
- Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum morifolium , removes benzene
- Gerber daisy, Gerbera jamesonii , removes trichloroethylene and benzene
- Azalea, Rhododendron simsii, removes formaldehyde
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