Areca Palm
As the National Institute of Health’s 2011 study has shown, Areca Palm is the number one air-purifying indoor plant. It’s a natural humidifier, and it calms down and alleviates allergy symptoms such as nasal congestion and irritation because it increases the amount of water vapor in the air.
Even more, Areca Palm was defined in the NASA clean air study as the best purifier, thanks to its capacity of removing formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, xylene, and toluene from the air.
The large leaves are amazing for trapping all sorts of allergens, but also for filtering toxins from the environment. Try to keep it in bright, but indirect light, as direct sunlight might burn the leaves.
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Janet,
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Thank you for information on plants I might be able to try and grow in my house. It’s always a challange to find plants because my house faces North and South so most all of my windows also face that way and we don’t get a lot of direct sunlight. Plus I have trees al around my house , which is beneficial in some ways but not so much in others.