Plants for People is the name of an international organisation distributing information about how plants in our environment can be good for us. Plants clean the air in our homes or at hte workplace - this air is often even more polluted than the air outside! Their site lists various plants and their function in cleaning up our polluted air, such as:
• Tobacco smoke: sansevieria, chlorophytum, pothos dracanea.
• Electronics (computers, tv, hifi, video, etc): cacti.
• Paint, detergents, carpet glue, furniture out of triplex, isolation material,
• Colorants: climbing plants, aloé vera, ficus.
• Soluables: chrysanthymums.
Plants help to fight against microbes, fungi and other (toxic) pollutants. "Dieffenbachia, begonia's, chrysanthymums and geraniums exert antibacterials and even antibiotics", apparently.
Plants which have yellow, brown, greyish or black leaves don't necessarily need water, they might just have too many pollutants in them. Up to you to figure out which ones...
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