Comments
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This species is grown throughout the tropics for its edible syncarp.
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Description
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Leaves sword-shaped, margin coarsely and laxly spinose serrate. Scape short. Inflorescence many flowered; floral bracts inconspicuous, margin serrulate or entire. Flowers numerous. Sepals free, slightly asymmetric, apex obtuse. Petals violet or reddish, free but connivent and tubelike. Stamens included. Syncarp globose, ovoid, or elongate, 15 cm or longer at maturity, becoming fleshy and fragrant. Seeds absent or very rare.
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Distribution
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Cultivated in warm countries.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Cultivated. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, S Yunnan [native to South America].
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Synonym
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Bromelia comosa Linnaeus, Herb. Amb. 21. 1754; B. ananas Linnaeus.
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Derivation of specific name
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comosus: with tufts formed from hairs, leaves or flowers
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164800
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Worldwide distribution
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Native of S America, possibly Paraguay, but domesticated for many centuries
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164800
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Comprehensive Description
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Ananas comosus (L.) MerriU, Interpr. Rumph Amb. 133. 1917.
Brotnelia Ananas L. Sp. PI. 285. 1753.
Bromelia comoso L. Herb. Amboin. 21. 1754.
Ananassa saliva Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: under pi. 106S, iiomeii nudum. 1827; Spadi, Hist. ig. 12:
400. 1846. Ananas salirus Schultes, in R. & S. Syst. Veg. 7: 1283. 1830. Ananas Ananas Voss, in Vilm. Blumeng. ed. 3. 1: 964. 1895.
Characters of the genus.
Typb loc-lity: Described from cultivation.
DisTRiBiTTON: Brazil and the Guianas; cultivated and occasionaly spontaneous in southern Florida and the West Indies and from southern Mexico to Panama.
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- Lyman Bradford Smith. 1938. (XYRIDALES); BROMELIACEAE. North American flora. vol 19(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
