What plant produces the most oxygen?

Question

I want to put a plant or two in my room to add to the environment and if I get a plant, being an excellent producer of oxygen is a plus, considering I live in the basement it's musty down here. Anyone know what plant would be good for my room that is an above average, or good producer, of oxygen?

Answer 1

thenjagan: cyanobacteria aren't plants, and they're certainly not "house plants" suitable for the average room in a house or apartment. lol.



From allexperts.com:



NASA discovered that a number of common houseplant clean chemicals from the air and convert carbon dioxide to oxygen in the air. The best plants are:



Hedera helix English ivy

Chlorophytum comosum spider plant

Epipiremnum aureum golden pothos

Spathiphyllum `Mauna Loa' peace lily

Aglaonema modestum Chinese evergreen

Chamaedorea sefritzii bamboo or reed palm

Sansevieria trifasciata snake plant

Philodendron scandens `oxycardium' heartleaf philodendron

Philodendron selloum selloum philodendron

Philodendron domesticum elephant ear philodendron

Dracaena marginata red-edged dracaena

Dracaena fragrans `Massangeana' cornstalk dracaena

Dracaena deremensis `Janet Craig' Janet Craig dracaena

Dracaena deremensis `Warneckii' Warneck dracaena

Ficus benjamina weeping fig



Read more here: http://en.allexperts.com/q/House-Plants-721/Oxygen-giving-house-plant.htm

Answer 2

All flowers produce oxygen and eat carbon dioxide. some alga also use oxygen. No plant will provide adequate oxygen to help fish in an aquarium. also nedd some kind of pump/aeration to provide dissolved oxygen. pretend flowers do no longer do something yet sit there.

Answer 3

The quantity of oxygen a plant produces increases with the quantity of its leaves, so it makes no too large difference what sort of plant you chose.

If you live in a basement and there isn`t enough light, you have to chose a "shadow-plant" like fern, croton or dragon tree e.g.



But some plants are able to better indoor climate by filtering pollutions from air. Might be that`s a good sort for you.



Here a study: "IMPROVING THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND PRODUCTIVITY" from university of Sydney showing a lot of interesting indoor plants:

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:jb7IWQpJJPUJ:www.aila.org.au/nsw/greeningcities/papers/proc_wood.pdf+university%2Bsydney%2B2003%2Bplant%2Bindoor+climate&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=de



Sorry, mavster had the same idea, while I was translating mine into English. I don`t delete it because you might be interested in the cited publication.

Answer 4

a plant produce carbon dioxide at night as much of oxygen it produces during the day when there is light.

Answer 5

cyanobacteria (sometimes called blue-green algae), who are the prime producers of oxygen on this planet.