Annexure - A : Indoor Plants Annexure

Annexure – A
Indoor Plants

S Common
Botanical Name Photo Benefits
No. name

1. Cleans air borne

toxins
Bamboo palm/ 2. Removes
1 Dypsis lutescens
Areca palm formaldehydes,
benzene,
trichloroethylene

1. Improves Indoor air

Quality
2 Raphis excelsa Lady Palm
2. Resistant to
pathogens

1. Emits high oxygen

2. Removes
3 Ficus elastica Rubber Plant formaldehydes,
benzene,
trichloroethylene

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1. Removes air
pollutants
2. Removes
formaldehydes,
Spathiphyllum
4 Peace Lily benzene,
wallisii
trichloroethylene
3. Removes household
chemicals &
carcinogens

1. Overall air purifier

5 Ficus Alii Ficus A1 Gold 2. Resistance to
insects

1. Removes
Chlorophytum
6 Spider Plant formaldehydes, and
comosum
xylene

1. Absorbs Carbon
dioxide
7 Gerbera daisy Daisy plant 2. Gives off Oxygen
during night
3. Removes benzene

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1. Removes
Epiremnum
8 Money plant formaldehydes,
aureum
benzene, benzene

1. Removes VOC
concentrations
Howea
9 Kentia palm 2. Removes benzene
forsteriana
and n- hexane from
indoor air

1. Removes benzene
and
Schefflera Queensland
10 carcinogenic
actinophylla Umbrella
substances
from air

1. Removes
trichloroethylene
from the air,
Dracaena
11 Janet Craig emitted by
deremensis
photocopier
2. Absorbs VOC
concentrations

1. Removes
Nephrolepis formaldehydes
12 Boston fern
exaltata 2. Adds humidity to
indoor environment

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Snake Plant/ 1. Absorbs toxins such

Sansevieria
13 Mother in as nitrogen oxides
trifasciata
law’s tongue & formaldehyde

1. Sun loving
succulent helps
14 Aloe barbadensis Aloe Vera
clear formaldehyde
& benzene

1. Emits high oxygen

& purifies indoor
Chinese air
15 Aglaonema sp
Evergreen 2. Removes
formaldehydes,
benzene

1. Removes
Epipremnum formaldhyde
aureum syn. 2. Removes Carbon
16 Golden Pothos 
Scindapsus monoxide and
aureus increases indoor air
quality

1. Purifies air from

carcinogen,
benzene
Dracaena Marginata or
17 2. Removes
marginata Dragon tree 
formaldehyde,
xylene from paints
& varnishes

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1. Removes
P. cordatum,
formaldehydes
18 P.scandens or P. Philodendron
especially higher
selloum
concentrations

1. Removes benzene
Chrysanthemum
and
sp. or
19 Mums carcinogenic
Chrysanthemum
substances
morifolium
from air

1. Removes benzene
2. Absorbs Carbon
Gerbera sp.
dioxide and gives
20 or Gerbera Gerbera Daisy
oxygen during
jamesonii
night - helps in
improving sleep

1. Removes benzene,
pesticides and
off-gasing of other
21 Hedera helix English Ivy 
synthetic materials
2. Removes
formaldehyde

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1. Removes all
Philodendron Heart leaf kinds of VOCs,
22
oxycardium philodendron particularly from
particle board

1. Filters pullutants
23 Ficus benjamina Weeping fig from carpeting,
furniture

Dracaena 1. Removes
deremeusis Warneckii or trichloroethylene
24 or Dracanea Dracanaena from the air,
deremensis warneckei emitted by
warneckei photocopier

Pygmy date, 1. Removes

Phoenix
25 miniature date formaldehyde,
roebelenii
palm xylen and tolune

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1. Removes benzene,
formaldehyde,
Dracaena Corn or
26 xylene
fragrans cornstalk plant
2. Purifies
environment

1. Removes
Gerbera
27 Gerbera Daisy tricholorethylene,
Jamesonii
benzene from air

1. Reduces benzene,
Dracaena formaldehyde,
28 Dragon Tree
Marginata xylene and toluene
from air

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