Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

• Authority

  Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.

• Family

  Bromeliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

• Description

  
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  Description - Leaves coarsely and laxly spinose-serrate; scape short, stout; scape-bracts foliaceous, serrate; inflorescence large, many-flowered; floral bracts soon exposing the apices of the ovaries, relatively inconspicuous, weakly serrulate or entire; syncarp well over 15 cm. long at maturity with copious palatable flesh; seeds lacking or very rare.