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Ananas comosus
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Family:
BROMELIACEAE
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Citation: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 133. 1917; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 289. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 410. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 394. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 384. 1995; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 688. 2009.
Bromelia comosa L. in Stickman, Herb. Amboin. 21. 1754.
Ananas sativus Schult. f., Syst. 7: 1283. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1497(1046). 1930.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Annarachakka, Anassappazham, Kazhuthachakka, Kaithachakka, Kappachakka, Prithichakka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pineapple
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Description:
Short-stemmed shrubs. Leaves radical, clustered, spirally arranged rosettes, 45-110 x 3.2-5.8 cm, linear, canaliculate, base amplexicaul and sheathing, margins spiny-serrate, apex acute, spiny, glaucous, coriaceous. Inflorescence terminal on the leafy stem, capitate, crowned with tuft of leaves. Flowers sessile, bisexual; bracts 1.5-3.3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, ovate, margins spiny-serrate, apex acute, spiny, coriaceous. Calyx short. Corolla lobes free or variously connate. Stamens 6, adnate to corolla. Ovary inferior, 3-celled; ovules many per cell on axile placentae; stigmas 3. Fruit a syncarpium formed by the coalescence of thickened rachis, bracts and ovaries, 12-18 x 8-12 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Tropical America, widely cultivated in the Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pooyamkutty, Kulathupuzha, Nooranad
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