Ananas

Ananas

Taxobox
name = "Ananas"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Pineapple ("Ananas comosus")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Bromelioideae
genus = "Ananas"
genus_authority = Mill.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

The genus "Ananas" pilli to the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). It is best known for the species "Ananas comosus", the pineapple.

This genus originated in Mesoamerica and was brought to the Caribbean Islands by the Carib natives. The oldest register with the representation of the fruit seems to be included in the Cascajal Block, attributed to the Olmec civilization.

In 1493, Christopher Columbus first saw plants of this genus in Guadeloupe. It was brought to Europe, and from there was distributed to the Pacific Islands by the Spanish and the English. Commercial pineapple plantations were established in Hawaii, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Florida and Cuba. The pineapple has become one of the world's most popular fruits.

The tough leaves grow in large rosettes, arising basally from a crown. These leaves are long and lanceolate with a serrate or thorny margin. The flowers, arising from the heart of the rosette, each have their own sepals. They grow into a compact head on a short, robust stalk. The sepals become fleshy and juicy and develop into the well-known complex form of the pseudocarp fruit, crowned by a rosette of leaves.

"Ananas" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Batrachedra comosae", which feeds exclusively on "A. comosus".

The word "Ananas" is derived from the Guarani name for the pineapple, via Portuguese. In most Indo-European languages, pineapple is called "ananas".

Chemistry

Pineapples contain both bromelain and papain to which it owes its meat tenderizing properties.

Ethnomedical Use

The fruit and roots are used as anti-inflammatory, proteolytic agent, and a root decoction for diarrhea.

Species and varieties

*"Ananas ananassoides" var. "typicus"
*"Ananas arvensis " : (Brazil)
*"Ananas bracteatus " : (Brazil)
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "albus"
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "hondurensis"
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "paraguariensis"
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "rudis"
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "striatus " (South America)
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "tricolor"
**"Ananas bracteatus" var. "typicus"
*"Ananas comosus" (a.k.a. "Ananas sativus") - pineapple (Brazil)
*"Ananas erectifolius"
*"Ananas genesio-linesii" (Brazil)
*"Ananas guaraniticus " (Argentina, Paraguay)
*"Ananas macrodontes " (Brazil)
*"Ananas microcephalus " (tropical America)
**"Ananas microcephalus" var. "major" (South America)
**"Ananas microcephalus" var. "minor" (South America)
**"Ananas microcephalus" var. "missionensis" (Argentina)
**"Ananas microcephalus" var. "mondayanus " (South America)
**"Ananas microstachys" var. "typicus"
*"Ananas mordilona"
*"Ananas nanus"
*"Ananas pancheanus" (Colombia)
*"Ananas parguazensis" (South America)
*"Ananas pyramidalis"
*"Ananas strictus" (Paraguay)
*"Ananas viridis"


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