Ananas comosus

Perennial

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Savannahs.

Family: Bromeliaceae
Height: 1 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 5 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

Pineapple Ananas comosus native habitat is Savannahs.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw, cooked or preserved. A very succulent, aromatic, sweet, acidic pulp. It can be eaten fresh or canned as dessert, cooked in dishes, and is also commonly used for making juice. The core of the fruit is made into candies. The fruit is a good source of vitamins A and C. The fruit is a multiple fruit formed by the almost complete fusion of 100 - 200 berry-like fruitlets. It can weigh between 0.5 and 2.5 kilos. The fruits are about 30 - 60 cm long. A sugar-syrup is obtained from the pressed juice. Terminal buds - raw or cooked. They can be cooked as a vegetable or added to soups. Flowering stem - cooked. Peeled and sliced, they are used as a cooked vegetable or are added to stews. Young shoots are eaten in salads or curries.