The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit, also called a pineapple, and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
Pineapples may be cultivated from the offset produced at the top of the fruit, possibly flowering in five to ten months and fruiting in the following six months.Pineapples do not ripen significantly after harvest.In 2016, Costa Rica, Brazil, and the Philippines accounted for nearly one-third of the world’s production of pineapples.
Flower : helically-arranged.
Fruit : fleshy, an aggregate of many fruit,pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers; the fruit of a pineapple are arranged in two interlocking helices, eight in one direction, thirteen in the other, each being a Fibonacci number.
Edible parts : Fruit
Ayurvedic usage : Anorexia, Peptic ulcers, Jaundice, Renal calculi, Worm infestations, Constipation, Amenorrhoea, Dysmenorrhoea, Fevers, General debilities.
Height : 1-1.5 m tall
Leaves : trough-shaped, 30-100 cm long, spines along the margin
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