An experiment was conducted to evaluate the differential effects of cadmium (Cd) on growth, photosynthesis,
mineral nutrition and Cd accumulation of bana grass, (Pennisetum american-um x pennissetum purpureum ) and vetiver grass ( veriveria zizanioides ). Bana grass accumulated 48-453 and 25-208 mg in plant roots and shoots,respectively, at 15-100 mg soil Cd concentration while vetiver grass accumulated 167-396 and 0.13-9.0 mg. these results indicated than bana grass was a Cd accumulator