Ananas


Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to South America. The genus contains Ananas comosus, the pineapple.

Species

The genus Ananas includes only two species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameNative Distribution
Ananas comosus Merr.PineappleEast of the Andes, from northern South America to northern Argentina.
Ananas macrodontes E.MorrenFalse PineappleCoastal Brazil and basins of Parana and Paraguay rivers to northern Argentina.

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