Calotropis procera is a wild species that is drought-resistant and plays a number of economic and ecological uses. The species is important in soil fertility improvement, pollution control by monitoring sulphur dioxide emissions in the air and suitable indicator of exhausted soil. This study was undertaken in drylands of South Eastern Kenyato evaluate the species‟ soil ecology and ability to bioaccumulate heavy metalsThe objectives of the research were to determine the soil chemical and physical properties for survival of C. procera and to determine the ability of C. procera in phytoextraction of heavy metals from the soil. |
