To investigate the accumulation and pollution in Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd of the leaf vegetable by Changsha section of Xiangjiang River, three kinds of vegetable were collected and detected. The results showed that: the contents of these four heavy-metal elements in vegetable samples ranked from greatest to least was as follows: Zn＞Cu＞Pb＞Cd; Brassica chinensis L. had strong accumulation ability in Cu, Pb and Cd; 26.67% samples were heavy contaminated.