Check the top 10 air-purifying plants for home and office:
Spider Plant
Native to South Africa, Spider plants are known to improve the indoor air quality. It also helps in reducing stress among people. A report published by the university’s Cooperative Extension Service says that spider plant is one of the top plants for removing VOCs and other pollutants from indoor air.
Placement Tip: Near the window, in hanging planters, or on your office desk or work table.
Areca Palm
This is one of those plants that has the best transpiration rate. It keeps the atmosphere cooler and also removes toxins floating in the air. During summers, this plant will soothe you the most.
Placement Tip: At your balcony, outside your office reception, or along the stairways.
Snake Plant
This is a plant that can survive in low light, less water, and extreme conditions. It also efficiently remove nitrogen oxides and formaldehyde from indoor air. Plus, it releases oxygen even at night so you can keep it inside your bedroom and sleep stress-free.
Placement Tip: On your bedside table or bathroom.
Jade Plant
Apart from removing toluene emitted from gasoline, paints, kerosene, and lacquers, this plant brings positive energies to home and office. It attracts good luck and prosperity. Just give it medium-light, adequate water, and room temperature and gain from it.
Placement Tip: At your work table, office desk, or near the PC.
Money Plant
It is easy to care and the leaves are known to carry the 5 elements of nature. That makes it another good luck plant for your home and office. It will also remove 73% of the VOCs from indoor air.
Placement Tip: In hanging planters in your drawing room, inside an aquarium, or climbing the window grills.
Peace Lily
A low-maintenance plant, the peace lily is one of the most effective plants that remove benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, carbon monoxide, xylene, toluene, ammonia and other pollutants from the air. So, you will be gifted with healthier air to breathe.
Placement Tip: At the entrance, in your bathroom, or bedroom.
Rubber Plant
A beautiful tropical plant, they can sustain even in dim lights and under-watering. The gorgeous large leaves absorb large amounts of contaminants from the indoor air. Rubber plants also eradicate bacteria and mold spores in the air.
Placement Tip: Besides the sofa in your drawing room or under the stairs.
Ficus Micrcarpa
They are native to South Asia and are one of the hardest plants to kill. Generally available in bonsai art form, this tree doesn’t require direct sunlight. It removes formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene from indoor air.
Placement Tip: Above your wall shelves or right at the center of your coffee table.
Lavender Plant
Lavender plants will require plenty of sunlight. Also, remember to water it and rotate your pot every couple of days to allow for even light distribution on the leaves. It is an amazing plant that purifies the air by lowering carbon dioxide levels and cleansing bad smells. The sweet-smelling flowers help in the reduction of stress, anxiety, and cures sleeplessness among people.
Placement Tip: On a table near your sun-facing window or in the balcony.
Aloe Vera
Belonging to the succulents category of plants, Aloe Vera is known for many health and beauty benefits. So, keep this plant home to cure your burns and wounds, or to improve your digestive system. Plus, it removes formaldehyde and benzene from the air.
Placement Tip: On your sunny kitchen window
