Best indoor plants to purify air inside your home

Written By: Priyanka Rajpal | Updated: Nov 13, 2017, 3:30 PM

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Best indoor plants to purify air inside your home

Spider Plant — Spider Plant

Foreseeing coming infections and other diseases along the raising smog level in our country. One can combat the same and prevent diseases coming in home buy planting few of these species to breathe in clean air inside home atleast. The spider plant reproduces quickly, growing long, grassy leaves as well as hanging stems, which eventually sprout plantlets hence its arachnid-inspired name. Put a spider plant on a pedestal or in a hanging basket close to a sunlit window and you'll benefit from fewer airborne formaldehyde and benzene molecules.

Gerbera Daisy — Gerbera Daisy

This plant with a bright flower is very effective at removing trichloroethylene, which you may bring home with your dry cleaning. It’s also good for filtering out the benzene that comes with inks. Add one to your laundry room or bedroom presuming you can give it lots of light. Gerberas like well-drained soil, so be sure pots have drainage holes.

Ficus or Weeping Fig — Ficus or Weeping Fig

Ficus when grows indoors, it's a hardy plant that ends up being between two and 10 feet tall. Grow this low-maintenance houseplant in bright, indirect light and allow the soil to dry out between watering. Although this plant has some serious air-cleaning abilities, it can also be taken outside in late spring and brought back indoors when temperatures are warm and well above freezing.

Boston Fern — Boston Fern

Boston Ferns remove more formaldehyde than any other plant. They're also highly efficient at removing other indoor air pollutants, such as benzene and xylene components of gasoline exhaust that can migrate indoors if you have an attached garage. The downside to these plants is that they can be finicky. You need to feed them weekly in seasons when they're growing, monthly during the winter, and they like to be watered regularly.

Golden Pothos — Golden Pothos

his fast-growing vine has a reputation for flexibility. You can pot it with something to support it, plant it in a hanging basket, or train it to climb a trellis. Dark green leaves with golden streaks and marbling make it an eye-catching addition to a home or office. Like many other vines, it tackles formaldehyde, but golden pothos also targets carbon monoxide and benzene. Consider placing one in your mudroom or entryway, where car exhaust fumes heavy in formaldehyde are most likely to sneak indoors from the garage.

Snake Plant — Snake Plant

Also known as mother-in-law’s tongue, this plant is one of the best for filtering out formaldehyde, which is common in cleaning products, toilet paper, tissues and personal care products. Put one in your bathroom it’ll thrive with low light and steamy humid conditions while helping filter out air pollutants. You may also want to put a couple of these sharp-leafed plants in your bedroom, suggests This Old House. Interestingly, they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen at night. Sharing your room with these plants could give you a slight oxygen boost while you sleep.

Palm tress — Palm tress

Palm trees seem particularly good at removing indoor air pollutants, specifically formaldehyde, and they're relatively easy to care for. The best at formaldehyde removal is the Dwarf Date Palm, which is closest in appearance to the palm trees that remind you of warmer climates, but you'll also get clean air with a Bamboo Palm, Areca Palm, Lady Palm, or Parlour Palm.

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