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Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by andyjohnson0 on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @04:34AM (#8256374)
In the UK, "Mother-in-law's Tongue" usually refers to Sansevieria trifasciata [1]. The plant being sharp and pointed, the name is presumably an un-PC reference to the archetypal "domineering mother-in-law".

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansevieria_trifasciata

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