1. Ananas comosus This is our ordinary pineapple which has edible fruits.2. The word " Ananas " is derived from the Portuguese. 3. In most languages, pineapple is called " ananas ". 4. "Ananas bracteatus " is grown as an ornamental plants for its decorative red fruit. 5. Others, like the delicious pineapple, Ananas comosus, are terrestrial plants, rooted to the ground. 6. Bowstrings are made from a semi-cultivated bromiliad fiber ( " Ananas lucidus " ). 7. The genus name is from the Greek pseudos ( false ) and the genus " Ananas ". 8. Ananas comosus " variegatus " has narrow leaves which are prickly-edged in a rosette habit of growth.9. Other members of the " Ananas " genus are often called pine, as well, in other languages. 10. Only one bromeliad, the pineapple ( " Ananas comosus " ), is a commercially important food crop.
