Best Plants for Air Purification in Chennai

Aloe vera

This is a popular plant known for its medicinal value and is dubbed as the ‘plant of immortality’ by the Egyptians. It discharges oxygen at night, helps to treat insomnia, and improves overall sleep quality.

Snake plant

Termed as ‘mother-in-law’s tongue,’ the snake plants emit oxygen in the night, and simultaneously take in carbon dioxide from the air inside your house, something we naturally produce while breathing. It also filters nasty common household toxins from the air.

Peace Lily

This is one of the few houseplants, also known as closet plants, that blooms indoors with its seashell-shaped spathes. It can clean and humidify the air. It can neutralize the chemical components present in the air and purify it, especially when we use toxic cleaning products.

Cornstalk dracaena

This is another popular houseplant, also called the corn plant or lemon-lime plant. A good humidifier, the plant also cleans the air of chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde. Water it moderately and allow the soil dry between watering.

Benefits of Air Purifying Plants

Our health is constantly threatened by the air we breathe, whether indoors or outdoors. Studies show that the air inside the average home is much more polluted than the air outside due to limited air flow. The air indoors is contaminated with pollutants and toxins which we inhale and this accumulated toxic air causes dizziness, nausea, headaches, and nose and eye irritation.