Plant species | Heavy metals concentration (μg/l) | ||||||
Zn++ | Cr+++ | Ni++ | Cd++ | Pb++ | Co++ | Ba++ | |
A. indica | 60.95 ± 0.05a | 16.65 ± 0.15a | 11.28 ± 0.11d | 0.75 ± 0.05a | 3.12 ± 0.08e | 10.60 ± 0.13a | 17.50 ± 0.05g |
S. sulfurea | 51.63 ± 2.05b | 12.70 ± 0.13c | 11.85 ± 0.13d | 0.60 ± 0.05b | 3.00 ± 0.05e | 6.20 ± 0.10d | 26.13 ± 0.15e |
Z. spina-christi | 45.68 ± 0.16c | 6.17 ± 0.08f | 22.92 ± 3.33a | 0.68 ± 0.03ab | 9.12 ± 0.03b | 6.67 ± 0.15c | 18.23 ± 0.16f |
C. sebestena | 46.22 ± 0.18c | 11.17 ± 0.15d | 19.73 ± 0.21ab | 0.72 ± 0.11ab | 10.67 ± 0.11a | 5.22 ± 0.06f | 27.72 ± 0.13d |
T. stans | 49.80 ± 0.13b | 15.72 ± 0.20b | 22.55 ± 0.05a | 0.08 ± 0.03d | 7.10 ± 0.05d | 8.08 ± 0.08b | 56.12 ± 0.08a |
B. spectabilis | 44.30 ± 0.05c | 11.30 ± 0.05d | 16.20 ± 0.10c | 0.20 ± 0.05cd | 7.53 ± 0.08c | 5.73 ± 0.06e | 30.43 ± 0.16c |
C. lancifolius | 36.65 ± 0.10d | 15.75 ± 0.20b | 16.78 ± 0.11bc | 0.25 ± 0.05c | 7.70 ± 0.05c | 6.65 ± 0.18c | 38.15 ± 0.09b |
I. coccinea | 46.18 ± 0.19c | 6.72 ± 0.08e | 11.78 ± 0.08d | 0.10 ± 0.00d | 7.67 ± 0.08c | 5.92 ± 0.03de | 17.65 ± 0.05g |
Statistics | |||||||
F value | 267.5** | 2449.3** | 48.8** | 90.2** | 4697.1** | 739.7** | 37937.7** |
LSD at 5% | 2.079 | 0.398 | 3.342 | 0.150 | 0.191 | 0.311 | 0.330 |
LSD at 1% | 2.582 | 0.494 | 4.150 | 0.186 | 0.238 | 0.386 | 0.410 |