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red pineapple

Ananas

Ananá

 

Ananas bracteatus (common name, red pineapple) is a species of the pineapple. It is native to South America.

It is grown as an ornamental plants for its decorative red fruit. The leaves are long with sharp spines, so it can be used as a protective hedge for home security. The ripe fruit is more or less palatable (depending on clones), but it is smaller (less than one kilo), usually full of seeds, fibrous, lacking in juice and less fleshy than commercial pineapples, but very attractive.

 

Miami Beach Botanical Garden

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