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The study examined the gaseous profile and air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of some plants around the gas flare site in Umuebulu Community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Four physiological and biochemical parameters: relative water content, ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll and pH of the leaf extracts were used to compute the APTI values. Plants were classified into three categories of sensitivity: APTI 8.26 = tolerant. The study quantified eight gases using eight Crowcon Gasman gas monitors. A Global Position System (GPS) was used to measure the longitude, latitude and elevation of the area before taking the readings from the flare site. The readings were taken for two weeks in each season, with February for dry season and October / November for rainy season, from four different locations designated as locations A, B, C and D. Micro-climatic features of the study area were determined by measuring the wind direction, wind speed, temperature and relative humidity, using mini-total station (Envi-monitor Model 08-1511). At each location readings were randomly monitored in the morning, afternoon and evening. Plants were collected randomly from the experimental and control sites and were used to determine their APTI values. Soil samples were randomly collected from the experimental site at four different locations and all readings were taken in triplicates. Eleven (11) plant species had significantly (P
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