Taxon:
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. comosus
Summary
Verified:
06/15/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal. 2003. Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy. The pineapple: botany, production and uses 27. Note: CABI Publishing.
- Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
Common names
English
pineapple – French
ananas – pain de sucre – German
Ananas – Indonesian (Java)
nanas – Malay
nanas – Portuguese
abacaxi – ananás – Portuguese (Brazil)
abacaxí-do-mato – ananás-selvagem – gravatá – Spanish
ananá – piña – piña de América – piña tropical – Swedish
ananas – Transcribed Chinese
feng li –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. elsewhere in tropics |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin Brazil, now perhaps only escaping from cult. |
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Nigeria
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador
Other
(probable origin Brazil, now perhaps only escaping from cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | tenderizer | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Human food | beverage base | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
Human food | fruit | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
Materials | fiber | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Medicines | source of bromelain | fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2 | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23) |