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Nenas or Pineapple

PINEAPPLE

Ananas comosus
Bromeliaceae
Common Names: Pineapple, Ananas, Nanas, Pina.
Related Species: Pina de Playon (Ananas bracteatus).

Distant affinity: Pingwing (Aechmea magdalenae), Pinguin (Bromelia pinguin), Pinuela (Karatas plumier).

Origin: The pineapple is native to southern Brazil and Paraguay where wild relatives occur. Many varieties are found in Malaysia grown as comercial cash crops.

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