Product Description

The Pineapple (Ananas comosus), named for its resemblance to the pine cone, is a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, and the most economically significant plant in the Bromeliaceae family.Pineapples may be cultivated from a crown cutting of the fruit,possibly flowering in *0–*4 months and fruiting in the following six months. Pineapple does not ripen significantly post-harvest.

Pineapple are consumed both fresh and cooked, canned, juiced, are found in a wide array of food stuffs –dessert, fruit salad, jam, yogurt, ice cream, candy- and as a complement to meat dishes. In addition to consumption, in the Philippines the pineapple's leaves are used to produce the textile fiberpiña- employed as a component of wall paper and furnishings, amongst other uses.