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Snake Plant

Name: Snake Plant
Brand: Gamla
SKU: GM-PL-SNK-6
Price: 299 INR
Availability: InStock

Genuinely unkillable — and it breathes at night, which almost nothing else does.

Dracaena trifasciata

Impossible to killBeginner proofDesk palOxygen at nightEasy care

₹299Inclusive of all taxes. Free delivery in Nagpur over ₹299.

Suits: Bedroom · Living room · Work desk
In vastu: South-East · East
Size: 6" pot · grows to 90 cm
Gift for: Housewarming · Corporate gifting · Thank you

Nearly impossible to kill, which is why it is the plant we hand to people who insist they cannot keep plants alive. Tolerates a dim corner, forgives a forgotten fortnight, and — unlike almost every other houseplant — breathes out oxygen through the night rather than the day. Grown here from division.

Light

Low

Water

Low

Care

Easy

Not safe for pets

Contains saponins. Mildly toxic to cats and dogs if chewed - may cause nausea, vomiting or drooling. Keep out of reach of pets.

Add a plastic grow pot — +₹50

Prepaid only. Live plants can’t be sent cash-on-delivery — a refused delivery comes back dead.

30-day replacement guarantee. If it arrives damaged or declines within 30 days, send us a photo and we replace it.

Botanical name	Dracaena trifasciata
Size	6"
Light	Low, Medium, Bright Indirect
Placement	Indoor, Desk, Floor
Mature height	90 cm
Delivery	Nagpur only
Handling	Standard
SKU	GM-PL-SNK-6
Country of origin	India

Keeping it alive

Water	Once a fortnight in summer, once a month in winter. If you are unsure, wait — it dies of kindness far more often than of thirst.
Light	Anything from a dim hallway to a bright windowsill. It grows faster in good light and simply persists in bad.

Rooms

Bedroom Living room Work desk Office cubicle Entrance

What it actually does

Releases oxygen at night

Most plants close their pores after dark. This one runs CAM photosynthesis - it opens at night instead, and gives off oxygen while you sleep. Genuinely unusual, and the reason it ended up in so many bedrooms.

Easier to focus near

Studies on people, not on rooms — Short breaks looking at greenery measurably restore attention and lower self-reported stress.

Has a place in vastu

In vastu tradition — Usually placed in the south-east corner, or by an entrance facing outward.

Where it comes from

Native to the dry, rocky scrub of West Africa — Nigeria east to Congo — where it survives months without rain by storing water in its leaves. That is the whole explanation for its reputation: everything people find impressive about it indoors is just a desert plant finding an Indian flat undemanding.

It arrived in India through colonial-era botanical gardens and never left. Known almost everywhere as saas-bahu ka paudha for the two-toned leaf edge, and long kept by doorways as a quiet guard plant — upright, sharp-leaved, facing outward.

In vastu

South-EastEast

Usually placed in the south-east corner, or by an entrance facing outward.

Vastu placement is a traditional belief, and we include it because people ask. Nothing here is a claim about health. How we treat vastu, and what it does not do.