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The pineapple [2] [3] (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. [4]The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
The plants experienced a resurgence of popularity after World War II. Since then, Dutch, Belgian and North American nurseries have greatly expanded bromeliad production. Only one bromeliad, the pineapple (Ananas comosus), is a commercially important food crop. Bromelain, a common
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a species in the bromeliad family native to tropical America, thought to have long been cultivated by the indigenous Tupi and Guaraní people [1] in the area of what is now known as Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela, with the plant cultivated and distributed from South America to Central America and the Caribbean islands long before the arrival of Europeans.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Pineapple (Ananas comosus) ... Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. [1]
The "Pineapple Express" is a two-mile (3 km) train ride through the plantation that is fully animated, while explaining the history of the pineapple. The plantation garden tour gives information about North Shore, the Hibiscus, native species, the Lei, irrigation, Bromeliads, the Ti Leaf, and Life on the plantation. [13]
Piña (Tagalog pronunciation: pi-NYAH) is a traditional Philippine fiber made from the leaves of the pineapple plant. Pineapples are indigenous to South America but have been widely cultivated in the Philippines since the 17th century, and used for weaving lustrous lace-like luxury textiles known as nipis fabric.
Val Castor said the stone was about the size of a pineapple. Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record. Val and ...
Bromelain is present in all parts of the pineapple plant (Ananas sp.), [4] but the stem is the most common commercial source, [4] [5] presumably because usable quantities are readily extractable after the fruit has been harvested. [4]