Many people know that if you put some plants indoors, the plants can absorb formaldehyde, which can reduce the indoor formaldehyde concentration. Which plant absorbs formaldehyde best?
1. Chlorophytum
Features: easy to grow, strong adaptability, one of the most traditional indoor hanging plants. Its leaves are slender and soft, and small plants emerge from the leaf axils, drooping from the edge of the pot, stretching and drooping, like flowers, evergreen in all seasons.
Efficacy: It can absorb more than 80% of harmful gases in the room, and has a strong ability to absorb formaldehyde. Generally, if one or two pots of spider orchids are raised in a room, the toxic gas in the air can be absorbed completely, so spider orchids are also known as “green purifiers”.
2. Sansevieria
Features: The leaves are clustered, the flag leaves are just upright, the leaves are entire, the surface is milky white, light yellow, dark green and alternate, showing horizontal stripes. A common household potted plant, it is resistant to drought, likes sunshine and warmth, but also tolerates shade, and avoids waterlogging.
Efficacy: It can absorb more than 80% of harmful gases in the room, and has a strong ability to absorb formaldehyde.
3. Aloe Vera
Features: perennial evergreen succulent plant with short stem nodes, erect, thick, juicy, lanceolate leaves. It likes warm and dry climate, but it is not cold-tolerant and not shade-tolerant.
Efficacy: It is not only good at absorbing formaldehyde, but also has strong medicinal value, such as sterilization and beauty. Now many potted varieties have been developed, which have strong ornamental value and can be used to decorate the living room.
4. Tequila
Features: Perennial evergreen plant, tall plant, gray-green or blue-gray leaves, thorns on leaf margins, yellow-green flowers. It likes a warm, well-lit environment and is extremely drought-tolerant.
Efficacy: This plant is also a good absorber of formaldehyde. In addition, it can also be used for wine making, and the tequila prepared with it is very famous.
5. Ivy
Features: It is the most ideal indoor and outdoor vertical greening species, evergreen vines, thin and soft branches, with aerial roots, able to climb on other objects. The leaves are alternate, and the leaves are triangular and ovate. The demand for potted plants is increasing day by day. It is a typical shade plant that can grow in full sun and does well in warm and humid climates, not hardy.
Efficacy: Robbers remove formaldehyde. It can decompose two harmful substances, namely formaldehyde present in carpets, insulation materials, plywood and xylene hidden in wallpaper which is harmful to the kidneys.
6. Gerbera (also known as Gerbera)
Features: Compositae perennial herb, large flower diameter, rich color, open all seasons. It likes a warm, sunny and airy environment. It is a semi-cold-resistant flower. It likes fertile, loose, sandy loam rich in humus.
Efficacy: This kind of plant is not only good at absorbing formaldehyde, but also has strong ornamental value. There are many varieties that can be used for cut flowers.
7. Chrysanthemum
Features: Perennial herb flowers, traditional varieties in my country. Stem erect or semi-twister, pilose on stem, much branched. Alternate single leaves with sawtooth on leaf margins, flower heads attached to the top of stems, rich flower shapes and various colors.
Efficacy: Chrysanthemum can decompose two harmful substances, that is, formaldehyde present in carpets, insulation materials, and plywood, and xylene hidden in wallpaper that is harmful to the kidneys. Not only that, but it is also very ornamental, and there are many options for potted varieties or land flowers. In addition, its petals and rhizomes can also be used as medicine.
8. Green dill
Features: Araceae philodendron is a plant belonging to the vine-climbing and foliage-viewing flowers. It likes a warm and humid environment. The vines can be several meters long. There are aerial roots between the nodes. The leaves will grow bigger and bigger. The leaves are alternate and evergreen. The radish stems are soft and the leaves are delicate.
Efficacy: This plant is very good at absorbing formaldehyde, and has high ornamental value. The vines droop naturally, which can not only purify the air, but also make full use of the space, adding lively lines and bright lines to the dull cabinet surface. color.
9. Begonias
Features: Perennial evergreen herbaceous flowers and trees. Its flower colors are gorgeous, the flower shapes are various, and the leaves are tender and soft, verdant and verdant. It likes a warm, humid and shaded environment, is afraid of direct sunlight, and requires sandy soil with good drainage.
Efficacy: It is not only good at absorbing formaldehyde, but also flowers, leaves, stems, and roots can be used as medicine. Gastric ulcer, etc., and has a good edible effect.
10. Commelina
Features: Commelina is an evergreen plant with strong growth, smooth stems and leaves, creeping branches at the base of the stem, and oblique upward branches at the top, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, flowers dark blue. It likes warm, humid, shade-tolerant and ventilated environment, loose and fertile soil.
Efficacy: This kind of plant is not only good at absorbing formaldehyde, but also a good indoor foliage plant. It can be placed on the window sill or placed in a shaded place. At the same time, the plant can also be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat, purging fire and detoxification, and can also be used for sore throat and snake bites.
