Abstract:
The potential of plants to absorb heavy metals can be determined by obtaining the
differences between the plants' metal sorption rate and the amount of metal in the
plants itself. In this study, the potentials of leaves, barks and roots of three mangrove
species; Avicennia marina, Bruguiera cylindrica and Sonneratia alba, to absorb Cd was successfully determined. Samples with the powder concentration
of 0.5 mg/ml and an initial metal solution concentration of 100 ppm was analyzed
using ICP-MS. Root portion appeared to be the best part of plant to absorb metal
solution with the following order of root > leaf > bark. The average metal sorption
value by root is 0.527 ppm, leaf; 0.449 ppm and bark; 0.322 ppm.