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'''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==
{{Uses|Sore throats}}, {{Uses|Relieves dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Fractures}}, {{Uses|Burns}}, {{Uses|Itches}}, {{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Terminal buds}}, {{Parts Used|Flowering stem}}, {{Parts Used|Young shoots}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==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.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Anarush|en=Fineapple|gu=|hi=Ananas|kn=Aananas Hannu, Ananasu|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=Aanahi phalam|te=Ananas Pundu}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.<ref name="Properties"/>
===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===
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|||Flowering season is July to August}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||||||Fruiting season is July to August }}
===Other features===
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref><ref name="chemistryLeaf">[Morphology]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[Cultivation]</ref><ref name="LeafKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.77 to 90, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref><ref name="morphologyProperties">Easy Ayurveda]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/ananas-comosus Ananas comosus on sciencedirect.com]* [ https://www.nature-and-garden.com/gardening/ananas-comosus.html Ananas comosus on nature-and-garden.com]* [ https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/5392 Ananas comosus on cabi.org]
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