Pineapple PRODUCT NAME
Ananas comosus (Linn.) Merr. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pineapple |
| Local Name: | Penya, Penia (Tagalog). |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
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| Product Description: | Leaves sword-shaped, margin coarsely and laxly spinose serrate. Scape short. Inflorescence many flowered; floral bracts inconspicuous, margin serrulate or entire. Flowers numerous. Sepals free, slightly asymmetric, apex obtuse. Petals violet or reddish, free but connivent and tubelike. Stamens included. Syncarp globose, ovoid, or elongate, 15 cm or longer at maturity, becoming fleshy and fragrant. Seeds absent or very rare |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | In some parts of the Philippines, particularly in parts of Palawan, the pineapple has become thoroughly naturalized |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits, leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Fruits used as ingredients for foods, eaten even fresh cloth made from the fibers of the pineapple leaves. |
| Origin: | The pineapple was introduced into the Philippines by the Spaniards at an early date, and is now widely cultivated throughout the Archipelago. |
| Management Practices: | In the Philippines a very fine and highly prized cloth made from the fibers of the pineapple leaves. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
PARTNERS INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THIS NTFP
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| External Links: | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=610&taxon_id=200027371 - 12k - |
