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Ananas comosus

Scientific Name
Ananas comosus
Family Name
Bromeliaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Gal annasi (Sri Lanka)
Description
A terrestrial herb with rosettes of long and strong, spiny-serrate, linear-lanceolateleaves 1 -1.5m long, 5-7cm broad, acuminate, green and shining on the upper surface,palet, beneath; stein erect, central, bearing at its apex a simple, dense, cone-like spike;flowers sessile, bisexual, (sterile in cultivated forms); bracteoles numerous, triangular-ovate to oblong-ovate, acute. imbricated; sepals 3. ovate, thick, fleshy, about 1cmlong and imbricate; petals 3, free, oblanceolate, about 2cm long, white below andviolet above, provided with 2 small ligules at the base; stairens 6. attached to base ofthe perianth; ovary inferior, style fihiform, 3-branched; fruit a syncarpium tormed bythe coalescence of thickened rachis, spiny-toothed bracts, abortive ovaries andadhering parts into one large globose or elongated fleshy fruit called the “pine-apple”;an eye is the sharp end of a berry composed of 6 segments, one series of 3 inside theother, the cavity underneath the segments containing the dried remains of thefunctionless stamens and style. Flowers and fruits throughout the year (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Confectionery, diuretic, anthelmintic, distension of abdormen, digestive, uterinecontractions, vermicide, vinegar manufacture, aperient, diaphoretic, diarrhoea,hiccough, refrigerant, purging, anti scorbutic (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna
Remarks
Ananas comosus (GRIN)

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