Know Sansevieria Plant Flowers

Sansevieria is a genus of ornamental plants that are quite popular to decorate the inside of the house because these plants can grow under conditions of little water and sunlight. Sansevieria have hard leaves, succulent, erect, with a tapered tip.



Sanseviera known as the plant because of its sharp tongue. Sanseviera not only as an ornamental plant, but also has benefits to nourish hair, treat diabetes, hemorrhoids, to malignant cancer. While fiber is used as clothing material. In Japan, sanseviera used to remove the smell of home furnishings in the room.

Compared to other plants, sanseviera has a privilege to absorb toxic substances, such as carbon dioxide, benzene, formaldehyde, and trichlorethylene.

Sansevieria is divided into two types, namely the type that grows extends upward by 50-75 cm size and type of short-leaved rosette circular in shape with a length of 8 cm and 3-6 cm wide. The group has long pointed leaves like the sword, and because of this there is a call Sansevieria plants as sword-traders.

This thick-leaved plants and has a water content of succulent, so drought resistant. But in damp or wet conditions, sansiviera can flourish.

Sansevieria leaf colors ranged from dark green, light green, green, gray, silver, and white color combination of yellow or green yellow. Motif grooves or lines contained in the leaf blade varied, with some who follow the direction of leaf fibers, irregular, and there is also a zig-zag.

The specialty of this flower is to have a high adaptability to the environment. NASA research in collaboration with ALCA has found evidence that these plants are naturally capable of reducing the pollution.


Judging by type Sansevieria there are two types namely the first one is Sansevieria descendants of the original / species while the second is a kind of hybrid / hybridization that can be called a kind of hybrid Sansevieria.

From this hybrid form of Sansevieria will be created with the physical character and distinct from its parent or often called a hybrid or a species of Sansevieria hybrid. Sansevieria Mutations can also occur from propagation through leaf cuttings.