<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recover tellurium from soil contaminated with tellurium by plant mining or plant extraction to perform decontamination. <;P>;SOLUTION: The method for recovering tellurium from soil containing tellurium includes a step of cultivating at least one kind of Medicago sativa plant or at least one kind of Abelmoschus esculentus plant under the sufficient conditions that allow the former or the latter that exceeds 4 mg per 1 kg of ground fabrics on a dry weight base and usually accumulates tellurium in a scope of about 4 mg to 20 mg to accumulate tellurium of such amounts and a step of recovering the accumulated tellurium. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT