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ಪರಂಗಿ ಹಣ್ಣುअनानासஅன்னாசி
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- 1.1 m
Bromeliaceae
Formerly Bromelia comosa
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (fruits, leaves, sap) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Portuguese
- ananás, Abacaxi, abacaxi-branco
- Traditional Chinese
- 鳳梨
- Spanish
- Piña
- Slovenian
- ananas, čopasti ananas
- Chinese
- 凤梨, 菠萝, 光亮凤梨
- Simplified Chinese
- 菠萝, 凤梨, 露兜子
- Greek
- Ανανάς
- Hungarian
- Ananász
- Akan
- Abrob3
- Asturian
- ananás
- Czech
- anansovník chocholatý
- Ewe
- abable
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Ananas comosus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.