Indoor Plants

Common
S No. Botanical Name Photo Benefits
name
1. Cleans air borne toxins
2. Removes formaldehydes,
benzene, trichloroethylene
Bamboo palm/
1 Dypsis lutescens
Areca palm

1. Improves Indoor air Quality

2. Resistant to pathogens

2 Raphis excelsa Lady Palm

1. Emits high oxygen

2. Removes formaldehydes,
benzene, trichloroethylene

3 Ficus elastica Rubber Plant

1. Removes air pollutants

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

Ficus A1 Gold 1. Overall air purifier

2. Resistance to insects

5 Ficus Alii
 1. Removes formaldehydes,
and xylene

Chlorophytum
6 Spider Plant
comosum

1. Absorbs Carbon dioxide

2. Gives off Oxygen during
night
3. Removes benzene
7 Gerbera daisy Daisy plant

1. Removes formaldehydes,
benzene, benzene

Epiremnum
9 Money plant
aureum

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

1. Removes benzene and

carcinogenic substances
from air
Schefflera Queensland
11
actinophylla Umbrella

1. Removes trichloroethylene
from the air, emitted by
photocopier
Dracaena 2. Absorbs VOC
12 Janet Craig concentrations
deremensis
 1. Removes formaldehydes
2. Adds humidity to indoor
environment
Nephrolepis
13 Boston fern
exaltata

1. Absorbs toxins such as

nitrogen oxides &
formaldehyde
Snake Plant/
Sansevieria
14 Mother in law's
trifasciata
tongue

1. Sun loving succulent helps

clear formaldehyde &
benzene
15 Aloe barbadensis Aloe Vera

1. Emits high oxygen &

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

1. Removes formaldhyde
2. Removes Carbon
monoxide and increases
Epipremnum indoor air quality
aureum syn.
17 Golden Pothos
Scindapsus
aureus
 1. Purifies air from
carcinogen, benzene
2. Removes formaldehyde,
xylene from paints &
Dracaena varnishes
18
marginata
Marginata or
Dragon tree

1. Removes formaldehydes
especially higher
concentrations

P. cordatum,
19 P.scandens or P. Philodendron
selloum

1. Removes benzene and

carcinogenic substances
from air
Chrysanthemum
sp. or
20 Mums
Chrysanthemum
morifolium

1. Removes benzene
2. Absorbs Carbon dioxide
and gives oxygen during night
- helps in improving sleep
Gerbera sp. or
21 Gerbera jamesonii Gerbera Daisy
 1. Removes benzene,
pesticides and off-gasing of
other synthetic materials
2. Fantastic for Asthma &
allergies
22 Hedera helix English Ivy 3. Removes formaldehyde

1. Removes all kinds of

VOCs, particularly from
particle board

Philodendron Heart leaf

23
oxycardium philodendron

1. Filters pullutants from

carpeting, furniture

24 Ficus benjamina Weeping fig

1. Removes trichloroethylene
from the air, emitted by
photocopier
Dracaena
deremeusis or Warneckii or
25 Dracanea Dracanaena
deremensis warneckei
warneckei
 1. Removes formaldehyde,
xylen and tolune

Pygmy date,
26 Phoenix roebelenii miniature date
palm

1. Removes benzene,
formaldehyde, xylene
2. Purifies environment

Corn or
27 Dracaena fragrans
cornstalk plant

1. Removes tricholorethylene,
benzene from air

28 Gerbera Jamesonii Gerbera Daisy

1. Reduces benzene,
formaldehyde, xylene and
toluene from air

Dracaena
29 Dragon Tree
Marginata