Pineapple
Native to South and Central America, the genus Ananas consists of nine species of evergreen, variable, terrestrial, perennial plants.
Ananas comosus, pineapple: This tropical plant is widely known for its juicy, fragrant fruit. Ranging from 60–100cm in height and spreading to a width of 50cm, pineapple plants have underground roots, as well as small roots that grow above ground. They have foliage in the form of dense rosettes of slightly re-curved, lance-shaped, spiny-margined, dark green leaves. Each leaf is about 1m long, and grows around a thick stem.
When pineapple plants are 14–16 months old, an inflorescence appears in the center of the leaf rosette, bearing tiny blooms. These small flowers are pink-red in color and have a cone-like or oblong-ovoid structure. When the fl
