Open AccessCarbon assimilation by Polyalthea Longifolia plant located In air polluted area
Author(s) -
Sri Suryani,
Astrid Sri Wahyuni Sumah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1242/1/012035
Subject(s) - ornamental plant , greenhouse , carbon assimilation , environmental science , assimilation (phonology) , air pollution , plant species , greenhouse gas , photosynthesis , botany , biology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
In the city of Makassar, Polyalthea Longifolia plant is used as one of the plants absorbing CO 2 . Towering form, leaves lush and green despite the dry season it is interesting to be used as an ornamental plant roadside. CO 2 is one of the greenhouse gases, and it is the main element of the photosynthesis process, that is the reason we use plants as a tool to reduce air pollution. The beauty of Polyalthea Logifolia plant as an ornamental plant roadside and as an absorber CO 2 are the main reasons to put it along the highway, but we observed the ability of leaf in absorbing CO 2 was only less than 1 %.