Ananas / Pineapple

Ananas comosus

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How to identify Ananas

Identify Ananas by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for pineapple fruit.
Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
Confirm fruit type: Berry.
In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Confirm it sits within the Bromeliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ananas.

Scientific name: Ananas comosus
Genus: Ananas
Family: Bromeliaceae
Found in India: Kerala, Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, Meghalaya, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Telangana
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Typical of the Bromeliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.

Flower arrangement: SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“After 12 to 20 months, the stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to 15 cm (6 in) long with over 100 spirally arranged, trimerous flowers, each subtended by a bract.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fruit type: BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The ovaries develop into berries, which coalesce into a large, compact, multiple fruit.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Characters marked “recorded” are for Ananas itself; the rest are typical of the Bromeliaceae family — flowering plants only.

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Goa, Karnataka and 12 other states.

Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.

It is used as an official or regional emblem and carries a body of folklore around it.

Botanical family

Pineapple Family

Ananas belongs to the Bromeliaceae family.

The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.

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