Asparagaceae
Snake plant
Dracaena trifasciata
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
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Common names
By language (35)
- Afrikaans
- Skoonma-se-tong
- Arabic
- ذلب ثلاثي الأحزمة, صبار جلد النمر
- Bangla
- ড্রাসিনা ট্রাইফাসিয়াটা
- Burmese
- ယောက္ခမလျှာပင်, နဂါးစက်ပင်, မြွေပန်းပင်
- Cantonese
- 金邊虎尾蘭
- Chinese
- 虎尾兰, 虎尾兰根, 虎尾蘭, 金边虎尾兰, 金邊虎尾蘭, 岳母舌, 聖喬治之劍, 虎皮蘭
- Croatian
- Svekrvin jezik
- Czech
- Tenura trojžilná, Sanseviera páskatá, Tchynin jazyk, Tenura páskatá
- Danish
- Svigermors skarpe tunge
- Dutch
- Vrouwentong, Vrouwentongen
- English
- Snake plant, Viper's bowstring hemp, Mother-in-law's tongue, Saint George's sword
- Estonian
- Kolmevöödiline havisaba
- Finnish
- Isoanopinkieli
- German
- Schwiegermutterzunge
- Hungarian
- Anyósnyelv, Szobai tigrislevél
- Icelandic
- Indíánafjöður
- Indonesian
- Lidah mertua
- Japanese
- サンセベリア
- Lithuanian
- Trijuostė sansevjera, Uošvės liežuvis
- Luxembourgish
- Schwéiermammszongen
- Malay
- Lidah mentua, Lidah buaya, Lidah jin
- Malayalam
- സർപ്പപ്പോള
- Manipuri
- ꯂꯤꯟ ꯄꯥꯝꯕꯤ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svigermorstunge
- nrm
- Langue à la belle-méthe
- Persian
- زبان مادرشوهر, زبان مادر شوهر
- Polish
- Sansewieria gwinejska
- Russian
- Драцена трёхполосная, Сансевиерия, Сансевиерия трёхполосная, Тёщин язык, Щучий хвост, Cансевиерия трёхполосная, Сансевиера трёхпучковая, Сансевиерия трёхполосая
- sg
- Langandö
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇႁၢင်ၼူၵ်ႉၶႃ, တူၼ်ႈဝၢၼ်ငူးႁဝ်ႇ, မွၵ်ႇၼူၵ်ႉၶႃ, ဝၢၼ်ၼူၵ်ႉၶႃ
- Swedish
- Svärmorstunga, Bajonettlilja, Svärmors tunga
- szy
- Nipaluma-kikul nu tumay, kikol no tomay
- Thai
- ลิ้นมังกร
- Ukrainian
- Сансев'єрія трисмугова, Сансевієрія трисмугова
- Vietnamese
- Lưỡi cọp
Synonyms
- Aletris hyacinthoides var. zeylanica L.
- Sansevieria jacquinii N.E.Br.
- Sansevieria laurentii De Wild.
- Sansevieria trifasciata Prain
- Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii (De Wild.) N.E.Br.
- Sansevieria trifasciata var. trifasciata
- Sansevieria zeylanica var. laurentii (De Wild.) L.H.Bailey
Plant problems
Photos
Whole plantPhoto: Martin Olsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: Maxime VINCENT, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
LeavesPhoto: Elvis NGUEGUIM CHENANG, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Binais B, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: r4fyy defor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: Ketty Joachim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
LeavesPhoto: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.