Pineapple

Pineapple
A pineapple on its parent plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Ananas
Species:	A. comosus
Binomial name
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
Synonyms[1]
List Ananas acostae C. Commelijn Ananas ananas (L.) H.Karst. ex Voss nom. inval. Ananas argentata J.C.Wendl. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas aurata J.C.Wendl. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas bracteatus Baker Ananas coccineus Descourt. Ananas debilis Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas lyman-smithii Camargo nom. inval. Ananas maxima Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas monstrosus (Carrière) L.B.Sm. Ananas ovatus Mill. Ananas pancheanus André Ananas penangensis Baker Ananas porteanus Veitch ex K.Koch Ananas pyramidalis Mill. Ananas sativa Lindl. Ananas sativus Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas serotinus Mill. Ananas viridis Mill. Ananassa ananas (L.) H.Karst. Ananassa debilis Lindl. Ananassa monstrosa Carrière Ananassa porteana (Veitch ex K.Koch) Carrière Ananassa sativa (Schult. & Schult.f.) Lindl. ex Beer Bromelia ananas L. Bromelia ananas Willd. Bromelia communis Lam. Bromelia comosa L. Bromelia edulis Salisb. nom. illeg. Bromelia mai-pouri Perrier Bromelia pigna Perrier Bromelia rubra Schult. & Schult.f. Bromelia violacea Schult. & Schult.f. Bromelia viridis (Mill.) Schult. & Schult.f. Distiacanthus communis (Lam.) Rojas Acosta

The pineapple is a fruit. It is native to South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The word "pineapple" came from European explorers, who thought the fruit looked similar to a pine cone.^[2] The pineapple is a tropical plant and it must not be kept under 10 degrees. It takes a long time for the pineapple to grow. It mainly depends on the location and the growing conditions it gets. If the temperature is warm, the pineapple will grow faster. On average, it takes about two to three years to grow.^[3] If the fruit travels by boat, the fruit must be picked before ripening, since the trip takes a long time. Sometimes, pineapple has to travel by boat to be accessible to all. It is different for air travel. The pineapple can be picked when it is grown, since travel time is short. In most countries, pineapples are called ananas.

1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
2. ↑ "Pineapple". Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
3. ↑ "How Long Does it Take to Grow a Full Sized Pineapple?" Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, answers.yahoo.