Table 3.

Name of high air pollution-tolerant plant species along with major absorbed pollutants for tropical and sub-tropical regions

Sl. no	Scientific names of tolerant plants	Common name of tolerant plants	Major pollutants absorbed by the plants
1	Ficus bengalensis	Banyan	CO, NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
2	Psidium guajava	Guava	SO2, PM2.5, PM10
3	Mangifera indica	Mango	CO, NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
4	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis	China rose	PM10, PM2.5, SO2
5	Bougainvillea spectabilis	Bougainvillea	PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO
6	Neolamarkia cadamba	Kadam/ Burflower tree	CO, NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
7	Ficus religiosa	Peepul	CO, NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
8	Cascabela thevetia	Yellow oleander	NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
9	Cassia siamea	Cassod tree	SO2, NO2, CO
10	Ricinus communis	Castor oil plant	CO, NO2
11	Eucalyptus globus	Southern blue gum	CO, NO2, SO2, PM2.5, PM10
12	Azadirachta indica	Neem	CO, SO2, PM2.5, PM10, NO2