Air purifying indoor plants
One of the safest places on earth is our own home. Where we spend most of our time and feel relax and safe. We always prefer to clean our house as much as possible and use most hygienic products to keep avoid dirt, chemical, and pollutions. We always keep eye on purity and cleaning but forget to notice polluted air inside buildings. These pollutants contribute to 'sick building syndrome', which causes symptoms ranging from allergies, headaches, and fatigue through to nervous-system disorder, cancer, and death.
Here is a list of some indoor plants recommended by NASA that may help to increase air quality inside of your house. They are low maintenance and easily available.
Peace lily
Peace lily is one of the popular indoor plants under Araceae plant's family. It helps to remove toxic benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, ammonia, xylene, toluene, and several other known pollutants.
These indoor plants need shade, artificial light, and less water. Easily grows in temperature between 16 to 32 degrees celsius.
Botanical name - Spathiphyllum.
Snake plant
Snake plant or sansevieria is one of the best and highly popular indoor plant which doesn't need too much care as well as less water and low brightness or sunlight. It is comfortable between 5 to 45 degrees Celsius temperature.
It is a highly effective air purifier plant which removes benzene, trichloroethylene, xylene, and toluene from the air. It is also known as 'mother in low tongue'.
Botanical name - Sansevieria laurentii.
Money plant
Money plant is one of the most common indoor plants, it is a species of the plant family Araceae and native of french Polynesia. This plant easily survives in indoor environmental conditions, needs temperature between 15 to 45 degrees celsius. Artificial light and less water are enough to grow the plant easily. commonly it is known as golden photos, hunter's robe, ivy arum, silver vine, island ivy, devils ivy.
It is effective in cleaning benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, ammonia, xylene, and toluene from the air.
Botanical name - Epipremnum aureum.
Bamboo palm
Bamboo palm is one of the 107 species from the genus chamaedorea under the plant family Arecaceae. It can easily grow under the shade and humid conditions under trees in rain forests. It needs 10 to 35-degree temperature with frequent watering.
It removes benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, ammonia, xylene, and toluene from the air.
Botanical name - Chamaedorea seifrizil.
Aloe vera
It is one of the most amazing succulent plant species of the genus aloe categorized under the plant family Asphodelaceae. Aloe vera is beneficial for multiple problems and used for the medicinal purpose from ancient times. It suits to grow in bright light and deserts, needs 15 to 45-degree celsius temperature, and less water.
Easily grows indoor as well as outdoors. It is effective in cleaning benzene and formaldehyde. Also known as alove ghritkumari.
Botanical name -Aloe barbadensis mill.
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