Ananas

Pineapple

It is known above all for the cultivated species Ananas comosus. The original word Pineapple (naná) comes from the name of the fruit in the language of the Guaraní Indians.

Pineapples are curious fruits, because technically they are infructescences.

Pineapples are curious fruits, because technically they are infructescences.
The leathery leaves are long, lanceolate and with a serrated edge, and are gathered in large rosettes. The inflorescence emerges from the center of the rosette, the individual flowers are compact on a short and robust stem. Each flower has its own sepal; the sepals become fleshy and juicy and develop in the fruit, crowned by a rosette of bracts. A pineapple plant produces a single fruit every 18 months.
Pineapple flower. Pineapple does not need pollination for the fruit to form.

The characteristic of this fruit is the yellow pulp, covered with a brown peel, formed by plaques melted together. The fruit contains a proteolytic enzyme: bromelain, an anti-inflammatory substance.