Scientific name: Ananas comosus
- Thrives in the understory forest layer
- Its flower is a cluster of red blooms
- Its fruit is oval in shape, large, and yellow-brown in color
- The peduncle, a stalk bearing fruit or flowers, are thinner in wild species
- The ovary is not completely covered by the floral bract
- They provide nectar for humming birds who, in return, pollinate their flowers
- A monocot angiosperm
- Native to Brazil and Paraguay
- Its soil should have a pH of 4.5 to 6.5 and it should be sandy with plenty of organic matter
- They grow best in tropical areas
- Often, a fungi causes them to acquire wet root rot
http://www.sebring.k12.oh.us/McKinley_Jr__Sr__High_School/Naples/7th/chap09.pdf
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pineapple.html#Climate
http://www.easybloom.com/plantlibrary/plant/pineapple
http://www.geochembio.com/biology/organisms/ananas/
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