Plant species | Heavy metals concentration (μg/l) | ||||||
Zn++ | Cr+++ | Ni++ | Cd++ | Pb++ | Co++ | Ba++ | |
A. indica | 70.92 ± 0.38c | 2.28 ± 0.10d | 1.73 ± 0.08e | 0.67 ± 0.10a | 3.57 ± 0.08e | 0.85 ± 0.05de | 10.13 ± 0.06c |
S. sulfurea | 55.28 ± 0.20e | 1.65 ± 0.05e | 1.07 ± 0.08f | 0.72 ± 0.03a | 3.62 ± 0.03e | 0.75 ± 0.05e | 7.22 ± 0.03e |
Z. spina-christi | 66.55 ± 0.23d | 3.25 ± 0.10c | 7.62 ± 0.10a | 0.75 ± 0.05a | 4.85 ± 0.13b | 1.23 ± 0.15b | 12.57 ± 0.08 b |
C. sebestena | 76.18 ± 0.13b | 5.18 ± 0.08b | 2.60 ± 0.05c | 0.73 ± 0.03a | 4.85 ± 0.05b | 0.93 ± 0.06de | 12.88 ± 0.03 a |
T. stans | 31.05 ± 0.05h | 1.90 ± 0.13e | 2.15 ± 0.05d | 0.67 ± 0.06a | 4.33 ± 0.08c | 1.07 ± 0.08bcd | 7.20 ± 0.13 e |
B. spectabilis | 52.67 ± 0.15f | 3.25 ± 0.13c | 2.08 ± 0.06d | 0.70 ± 0.05a | 5.93 ± 0.08a | 1.17 ± 0.08bc | 7.82 ± 0.08 d |
C. lancifolius | 94.83 ± 0.15a | 3.20 ± 0.13c | 3.32 ± 0.08b | 0.70 ± 0.05a | 3.60 ± 0.05e | 2.13 ± 0.08a | 6.37 ± 0.03 f |
I. coccinea | 42.47 ± 0.19g | 6.18 ± 0.08a | 2.28 ± 0.16d | 0.73 ± 0.06a | 4.00 ± 0.10d | 1.00 ± 0.05cd | 13.03 ± 0.03 a |
Statistics | |||||||
F value | 28704.3** | 688.1** | 1581.4** | 0.857** | 326.7** | 86.27** | 5425.8** |
LSD at 5% | 0.583 | 0.296 | 0.250 | 0.163 | 0.225 | 0.227 | 0.189 |
LSD at 1% | 0.724 | 0.367 | 0.310 | 0.203 | 0.280 | 0.282 | 0.235 |