Sansevieria--Have you this kind of plant? What benefits does it have?

Sansevieria is a good house plant because it can tolerate a large amount of neglect and dry conditions (in fact, if it is over-watered, it may rot and die) and it is an upright and tidy plant which can grace most rooms. It has many common names, some of them not exactly complimentary - mother-in-law's tongue, devil's tongue, jinn's tongue, bow string hemp, snake plant and snake tongue being some of the usual ones. It is a member of the lily family and related to asparagus. Some varieties have an antiseptic sap which can be used when bandaging wounds. In its native Africa, the stiff leaves are beaten and the fibres used to make rope and bow-strings (hence one of its names). Claims that it gives off oxygen at night, can absorb toxins from the air and 'neutralise the bad effects of TV and computers' should be treated with suspicion. Most leafy plants absorb carbon dioxide and give out oxygen during the day as part of the process of photosynthesis. In general (because of the lack of light), this process ceases at night and plants may actually give off carbon dioxide. The amounts are small enough that it is definitely NOT dangerous to have a few plants in the bedroom or sick room at night! Many plants can withstand toxins and air impurity and may help somewhat in removing small quantities and by producing oxygen. Unfortunately, glossy leaved plants like sansevieria may actually be less effective because they are designed to conserve moisture and therefore respire less than other plants. I have never seen any results from scientific studies which support the claims that any plants have any real effect on electromagnetic radiation but it certainly does no harm to have such plants in the home and the workplace. If nothing else, they are psychologically desirable and certainly do no harm!

Is that a common name or is it a scientific name? I've never heard of that plant's name before but if i see it maybe i will know. And besides i'm really not familiar with plant's names. I have heard that cactus does the same.

All plants give out oxygen but this is a special kind of plant.We have one at home but it's placed in the living room.It's too big to be placed upstairs.

Is there such a plant? I'm surprised by this post here because i've never heard of such plants. Yes to plants that lower stress level of people, but to give out oxygen during the night? That's definitely something new to me. If such plants have this capability, hospitals should have them right? Are those the potted plants we see in hospitals? I would love to have one of such plants in my office and at home as it releases fresh oxygen, freshening me up when i'm tired.

No I don't have it, also all plants produce oxygen at night. Also they all neutralize bad stuff/pollutants out of the air absorb and keep it in (and if they die or you cut a tree it's free again!). It's also known that plants always lower stress which makes it good to have plants at the office/work or next to your working place. This is why we need plants and trees. Might be this plant has something else special but it's not what you describe since all plants/tree do that.

Neutralize electro magnetic waves from tv or computers? wow that I never heard before. Thanks for this not so new info.

Yanza, i had seen this plant before and in fact i ever planted it in a flower pot. The only problem is, if you give too much water, the roots of this plant tends to rot and die. It is very sensitive to water, so we should only give it moderate water to survive. In my area here, people always called it the snake plant. Seems like, different area, this plant have different name for it.

I didn't hear that it absorbs so much pollutants, it's good news, just heard that it's poisonous for pets if they eat it (I couldn't hide it from my parrot and he tried it, luckily nothing happened). I have two at home, not those big ones but the smaller kind, and it has the tolerance of a cactuses, or almost