A team of doctors and researchers from Hyderabad has revealed, after a two-decade-long study published in the International Journal of Scientific Research (IJSR) in November 2024, that three common plants—money plant (Epipremnum aureum), desert rose (Adenium obesum, known as Edaari Gulabi in Telugu), and banyan species (Ficus microcarpa, Ficus bengalensis, Ficus religiosa)—possess the ability to extract toxic metals from E-waste.
