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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.
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.
Plants in the Bromeliaceae are widely represented in their natural climates across the Americas. One species ( Pitcairnia feliciana ) can be found in Africa. [ 30 ] They can be found at altitudes from sea level to 4,200 meters, from rainforests to deserts . 1,814 species are epiphytes , some are lithophytes , and some are terrestrial.
They are frequently referred to as pineapples by locals, and the house is known popularly as the Pineapple Gates House. [3] Pineapple Gates of the Simons-Edwards House. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. [2] [4] The house was occupied by James Adger Smyth, a mayor of Charleston from 1879 until he died on April 25, 1920.
Köppen climate types of South Carolina, using 1991–2020 climate normals. South Carolina has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers throughout most of the state. But, an exception does occur in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as outlier pockets of an Oceanic Climate do exist. Mild winters predominate in the eastern and southern part of the ...
This fruit is popular in Taiwan, where it is known as the "pineapple sugar apple" (鳳梨釋迦), so it is sometimes wrongly believed to be a cross between the sugar-apple and the pineapple. In Cuba it is known as anón, and in Venezuela chirimorinon. In Lebanon, the fruit is called achta. In Tanzania it is called stafeli dogo ("mini soursop").
Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. [1] ... Pineapple: East of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina. [2]
The genus Eucomis was first published by Charles L'Héritier in 1789. [2] [4] The name Eucomis is of Greek origin, eu-meaning "pleasing" and kome "hair of the head", [5] thus referring to the tuft of leaf-like bracts that crown the inflorescence of the species in this genus.