Ananas / Pineapple
Ananas comosus
- Found in India
- Kerala, Goa, Karnataka & more
Plant Details
- 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)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Bromeliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- 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
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ananas itself; the rest are typical of the Bromeliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अनानास ananas
- Sanskrit
- अनानसफलम्
- Telugu
- అనాస
- Marathi
- अननस
- Bengali
- আনারস
- Punjabi
- ਅਨਾਨਾਸ
- Nepali
- भुइँ कटहर
- Sinhala
- අන්නාසි
About Ananas
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Goa, Karnataka and 12 other states.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
In culture
It is used as an official or regional emblem and carries a body of folklore around it.

Bromeliaceae
Pineapple Family
Ananas belongs to the Bromeliaceae family.
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