Pineapple | Agriculture | Pineapple is the common name for low-growing, fruit-bearing, tropical plants of the species Ananas comosus (also known as Ananas sativus) in the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). It is also the name for the large, edible, multiple fruit of this plant. Ananas comosus has long, swordlike leaves and the fleshy fruit has a tuft of leaves on one end as well. It is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced elsewhere, including Hawaii, which now is a main commercial producer of the fruit (Herbst, 2001).
