Heavy metal pollution due to industrial effluents is gaining worldwide attention. Tannery industry is common in many parts of the world and it pollutes groundwater and ecosystems and produce major amount of heavy metals and reduce agricultural crops yield. Phytoremediation of some heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu and Zn) from application of diluted tannery effluents by two halophytes, Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. and Sesuvium portulacastrum L. were observed from the present study. From the results it is noticed that maximum accumulation of heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu and Zn) was observed in S. maritima cultivated in tannery effluent treated soil. It is estimated from 1kg dry weight of plant sample, S. maritima accumulated 142.10 mg Pb, 75.86 mg Cr, 53.06 mg Cd, 83.26 mg Cu and 103.75 mg Zn followed by S. portulacastrum (127.27 mg Pb, 64.60 mg Cr, 46.82 mg Cd, 71.65 mg Cu and 91.64 mg Zn) after 120 DAS cultivation period.
