Indoor Plants as Anti-Pollutant

Though tiny, two leaves of plants capable of supporting an anti-pollutant in 1500 liters of clean air for you for 24 hours non-stop. They are also ready to fortify the lungs of pollutant gases wrench.

“Sick Building Syndrome”, that’s the nickname of “cool” for a disease that often hit the office occupant. Cool as whatever it is, nonetheless disease. Characterized by symptoms of runny nose, headache, queasy stomach, until limp body. If the condition is routinely experienced by every day, no doubt a variety of chronic diseases must be harvested.

According Yayat Supriyatna, Built Environment Trisakti University lecturer, every 1000 people living in the capital city needs a green space area of 0.95 ha. That is, every chief wants of life support from the leaf blade area of 9.5 m². If averaged, the amount that is approximately equal to the broad leaves of a potted Aglaonema.

Pollutants as a threat

Air pollution is not only out of the chimney or exhaust of vehicles on the highway. As the enemy in the blanket, too many harmful compounds to haunt the indoor or office. The compound was easily inhaled nose when we relax or work.

Many things in the office and home can be a source of toxic gas. Such layers of polish, paint and varnish antique dressing table and chairs Your pet. Not only that, wipes, paper, plywood, cleaning fluids, cigarette smoke, steam ink, glue vapors, plastics, detergents and crushed glass fiber can also be a source of pollutant gases at high risk.

Pollutant gases that many kinds. For example, Formaldehyde, ammonia, benzene, carbon monoxide, xylene, and Trichloroethylene. They could trigger a myriad of diseases. Layer of mucous membrane irritation (glands in the mouth), respiratory disorders, sore throat and astma often caused by formaldehyde. Meanwhile, Trichloroethylen are carcinogenic, cancer-causing aka nerds. Especially liver cancer.

Fear, or do not want to know for fear it was not the best way out. Moreover, should cover the nose with a mask in the study. Various kinds of anti-pollutant plants ready to be employed as “Cleaning sevice” who always diligently sucking pollutants at home or in your office.

Suction of biological agents

There are many types of indoor plants that you can use as a repellent pollutants. They have different specializations suction. Boston fern, bamboo, palm, Philodendron, and Sansevieria are experts suction pollutants originating from a compound of formaldehyde.

Leave the problem of toxic gas compounds derived from plants trichloroethylen to gebera, chrysanthemum and bamboo Dracena deremansis or fortune. Meanwhile, Chlorophytum cosmosum vitatum aka lili paris, and the palm was artisans suction gas specialist xylene.

Each anti-pollutant plants have different suction techniques. Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Bostoniensis’ or use the boston fern stomata as “facum cleaner” to vacuum various toxic gases. Trace device was widely spread in the bottom strands of the leaf. Poisonous gas that has been absorbed by the stomata will enter the body’s metabolic system Si boston ferns. There, full of danger that gas was reorganized and transformed into useful substances.

The results were then sent to the overhaul of the root zone. Processed raw material was partially presented to poison the bacteria stuck to the roots. Dish that does not make the bacteria are destroyed. Therefore, these microscopic creatures eating the menu is a hobby like that. Even when rations never given, the bacteria were able to independently analyze the pollutant substances become a daily staple food. Suction technique similar pollutants carried by Sansevieria, the plants ‘nine walis’, Draceana, Chrysanthemums, and Gerbera.

Another suction method performed by the betel dutch. Pollutants that have been sucked through the stomata will be transferred in through the cytosol to the vacuoles (fluid-filled cell space). Suction technique is very effective to sweep the heavy metal pollution. Such as Cd, Zn, Mn, and Hg. Miracles happen thanks to the displacement of proteins (antiporter), which exchange protons with metal ions. This condition occurs when heavy metals have accumulated in the vacuole and cytosol.

Aglaonema has its own suction tricks. Growing media and leaves of this plant family Araceae much releasing water vapor. Such conditions lead to indoor air becomes moist. In addition to steam, Aglaonema also diligently spraying compounds called phytochemicals. This substance is efficacious to suppress the growth of harmful bacteria and fungal spores indoors.

The results Associated Landscape Contractors of America found that phytochemicals can reduce the population of harmful bacteria and fungal spores up to 50 -60%. In nature, things like that happen as one mechanism for plants to survive and protect themselves from pathogen attack.

Performance and suction capacity of each plant was different. Ronald Wood, researchers from the Urban Horticulture Unit, University of Technology Sydney revealed that chrysanthemum able to reduce the pollutant gases that wander indoors as much as 90%. In order to achieve maximum results, an area of 30m ² room needed chrysanthemum plants were 2-3 pots.

Boston fern able to brush out of 1800 micrograms of formaldehyde per day. Suplir close relatives of this plant is also capable of absorbing pollutants originating from the compound xylene as much as 208 micrograms per hour. To be efficient, it is advisable to plant as many as two pot boston nail to an area of 30m ² room.

Betel netherlands (Epipremnum aureum) is one of the plant anti-pollutant absorption capacity of large. Yellow-leaved vines are capable of reducing 53% of the total benzene of 0.156 ppm per day. Betel dutch are also able to suppress 67% of the total formaldehyde of 18 ppm and 75% of the total carbon monoxide at 113 ppm.

After absorbing the pollutants in large quantities, the leaves will experience boredom. Suction power decreases with increasing leaf age leaf uzurnya increasingly concerned. Well, the old leaves as it shall be shaven. The goal that the young leaves grow back quickly.

“The air was always healthy you can enjoy.” (Franz J.B.).

Tailor various suction Pollutants:

• Nephrolepis exaltata boston ferns bostoniensis, the most powerful absorbent
• Lutescens cxhyrsalidocarpus palm, absorbing many pollutants
• Bamboo palm cxhemaedorea seifrizii formaldehyde, benzene, Trichloroethylene, and high evaporation
• Decorative rubber ficus robusta formaldehyde
• Dracaena, Draceana deremensis formaldehyde
• Ivy Hedera helix formaldehyde
• Phoenix palm, phoenix roebelenii xylene
• Water lilies spathiphyllum sp alcohol, acetone, formaldehyde, benzene, Trichloroethylene
• Dracaena Dracaena fragans massangeana formaldehyde
• Dutch betel formaldehyde epipremnum aureum
• Nails neprolepis obliterata formaldehyde, alcohol
• Chrysanthemum morifolium chrysanthemum formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia gerbera, Gerbera jamesonii high transpiration
• Dracaena Dracaena warneckei deremensis benzene
• Dracaena marginata Dracaena kylene and irichloroethylene
• Schefflera actinophylla brassaia formaldehyde.