Summary
Place of publication:
Bengal pl. 2:1054. 1903
Verified:
12/15/2014
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
African bowstring-hemp – konje-hemp – mother-in-law's-tongue – snakeplant – French
chanvre d'Afrique – Spanish
lengua de suegra – sansevieria – Swedish
svärmors tunga –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- |
| Materials | fiber | | Brink, M. & R. P. Escobin, eds. 2003. Fibre plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 17:217-221. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33072.
Accessed 15 December 2025.