Ananas comosus

Ananas comosus is native to South America and is currently cultivated in most tropical countries. Some of insect pests of pineapple worldwide are the pink pineapple mealybug, the gray pineapple mealybug, and the fruit borer caterpillar.

Uses

Sore throats, Relieves dyspepsia, Constipation, Fractures, Burns, Itches, Boils, Dysentery, Indigestion.

Parts Used

Fruits, Terminal buds, Flowering stem, Young shoots.

Chemical Composition

he chemical constituents from the air-dried leaves of A. comosus were isolated and purified by the chromatography on silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 columns as well as recrystallization.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Aananas Hannu, Ananasu
Hindi	Ananas
Malayalam
Tamil	Aanahi phalam
Telugu	Ananas Pundu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	Anarush
English	Fineapple

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour)

Guna

Guru (Heavy for Digestion), Snigdha (Slimy in Nature)

Veerya

Sheeta (Cold)

Vipaka

Madhura (Undergoes sweet taste after digestion)

Karma

Vatapitta Shamaka (Reduces Vitiated vata and Pitta Dosha)

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
		Flowering season is July to August

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
					Fruiting season is July to August

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Stem cuttings, Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the moist, mainly lowland tropics, where it can also be found at elevations up to 1,800 metres.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Savannahs.

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External Links

• Ananas comosus on sciencedirect.com
• Ananas comosus on nature-and-garden.com
• Ananas comosus on cabi.org