Where did the pineapple grow?

Now the pineapple has begun to appear on the market on a large scale. Looking at the yellow pineapple, have you ever wondered where the pineapple grows? In our daily life, pineapple can be said to be a familiar fruit that can no longer be familiar with. When asked coldly where pineapple grows, I believe few people know it. Many people think that pineapple grows on trees. In fact, pineapple is herbaceous and grows on the ground.

Pineapple is called Wangli or Wanglai in Minnan, Wangli or Wanglai in southern Fujian, pineapple in Taiwan, yellow pear in Xinma, and pineapple in the mainland and Hong Kong. Pineapple is a tropical fruit originating from Brazil and Paraguay in the Amazon River Basin of South America. It was introduced into China from Brazil in the 16th century. There are more than 70 varieties and one of the four famous fruits in Lingnan. It has now spread throughout the tropics.

Pineapple has short stems, numerous leaves, rosette arrangement, sword-shaped, 40-90 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, apex acuminate, entire or sharp-toothed, ventral green, dorsal pink green, margin and tip often brownish red, leaves growing at the top of the inflorescence become smaller and often red. Inflorescences drawn from leaves, shaped like pine balls, 6-8 cm long, enlarged when fruiting; bracts green at base, upper part reddish, triangular-ovate; sepals broadly ovate, fleshy, tip reddish, ca. 1 cm long; petals long elliptic, tip tip, ca. 2 cm, upper purplish red, lower white. Flowers and fruits are fleshy, more than 15 cm long. The florescence is from summer to winter.

Pineapple, which is widely distributed between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer, is one of the most important fruits in the world. It originated from Central and South America, was introduced into China in the 16th century and was planted in the 17th century. At present, there are more than 80 countries and regions in the world as economic cultivation, and the main producing areas are concentrated in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, South Africa and the United States. China is one of the ten major pineapple producing countries, mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other hot provinces.