Table 5 Heavy metal(loid) concentration (mg/kg) in plants growing in natural conditions, after
foliar uptake of heavy metals
Metals Plant species
Study area
Conc.
References
Pb
Pongamia pinnata
Kigelia pinnata
Alstonia scholaris
Cassia siamea
Fagus sylvatica
Cedrus deodara
Nerium indicum
Alstonia scholaris
Ficus benghalensis
Polyalthia longifolia
Azadirachta indica
Inula viscosa
Power plant
Power plant
Power plant
Industrial area
Forest area
Industrial area
Industrial area
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, Palestine
11.9
12.6
11.9
3.34–16
9.2
2.8
1.97
0.467
0.539
3.259
3.389
7.25
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016b)
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Fe
Kigelia pinnata
Butea monosperma
Cassia siamea
Fagus sylvatica
Inula viscosa
Thermal power plant
Thermal power plant
Industrial area
Forest area
Highway, Palestine
1,294
1,669
648–2,911
115.8
730
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016b)
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Mn
Butea monosperma
Mangifera indica
Fagus sylvatica
Inula viscosa
Thermal power plant
Thermal power plant
Forest area
Highway, Palestine
159
158
828
140
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Cr
Mangifera indica
Alstonia scholaris
Ficus benghalensis
Polyalthia longifolia
Azadirachta indica
Inula viscosa
Thermal power plant
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, Palestine
27.9
2.746
2.305
0.504
1.799
7.03
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Cu
Mangifera indica
Fagus sylvatica
Platanus acerifolia
Nerium indicum
Inula viscosa
Thermal power plant
Forest area
Industrial area
Industrial area
Highway, Palestine
27.5
11
6.37
6.86
10.6
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Cd
Pongamia pinnata
Cassia siamea
Cedrus deodara
Pittosporum tobira
Alstonia scholaris
Ficus benghalensis
Polyalthia longifolia
Azadirachta indica
Inula viscosa
Thermal power plant
Industrial area
Industrial area
Industrial area
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, India
Highway, Palestine
14.5
6.5–12.1
0.105
0.109
0.065
0.008
0.987
0.768
0.1
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016a)
(Gajbhiye et al. 2016b)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Parekh et al. 2016)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Zn
Fagus sylvatica
Pittosporum tobira
Osmanthus fragrans
Inula viscosa
Forest area
Industrial area
Industrial area
Highway, Palestine
35.2
38.6
28.8
47.6
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Liang et al. 2017a)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
Ni
Fagus sylvatica
Inula viscosa
Forest area
Highway, Palestine
7.4
4.87
(Türtscher et al. 2017)
(Swaileh et al. 2004)
82
M. Shahid et al.