Taxon: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Summary

Genus:

Ananas

Family:

Bromeliaceae

Subfamily:

Bromelioideae

Nomen number:

3074

Place of publication:

Interpr. Herb. amboin. 133. 1917

Verified:

06/15/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. bracteatus (Lindl.) Coppens & F. Leal (10 active accession[s])
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. comosus (136 active accession[s])
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. erectifolius (L. B. Sm.) Coppens & F. Leal (3 active accession[s])
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. microstachys (Mez) L. B. Sm. (8 active accession[s])
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. parguazensis (Camargo & L. B. Sm.) Coppens & F. Leal (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

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Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal. 2003. Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 25-28. Note: CABI Publishing.
Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. et al. 1997. Germplasm resources of pineapple. Hort. Rev. 21:133-175.
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Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Distrito Federal		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Goiás		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso do Sul		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraíba		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Tocantins		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Anzoátegui		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Apure		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Bolívar		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Delta Amacuro		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Falcón		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Amambay		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Central		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Concepción		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	San Pedro		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Amazonas		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Chocó		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vaupés		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vichada		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Bolívar		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona Santiago		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huánuco		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2	Cultivated					also cult. elsewhere in tropics	Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:66-71.
2	Cultivated	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Mexico			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina		n.	Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & F. Leal. 2003. Morphology, anatomy and taxonomy. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 13-32. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay			Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2059-60.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Rohrbach, K. G. et al. 2003. History, distribution and world production. In: Bartholomew, D. P. et al., eds., The pineapple: botany, production and uses 1-12. Note: CABI Publishing.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2056-59.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Bolívar		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Distrito Capital		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Monagas		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Táchira		Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2059-60.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones		Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(3):2059-60.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Alto Paraná		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Caaguazú		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.

Native
Southern America

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Falcón]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, São Paulo, Tocantins]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Meta, Chocó, Amazonas, Vaupés, Vichada], Ecuador [Bolívar, Morona Santiago], Peru [Huánuco, Loreto]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay [Amambay, Central, Concepción, San Pedro]

Cultivated

REGION:

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Nigeria
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Thailand
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

REGION: Mexico

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Paraguay

Naturalized
Southern America

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Venezuela [Amazonas, Bolívar, Distrito Capital, Monagas, Táchira]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Corrientes, Misiones], Paraguay [Alto Paraná, Caaguazú]

Reference(s)

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Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Materials	chemicals	source of bromelain used in food, biochemistry, pharmacy and textile industries	Troncoso, F. D. et al. 2022. Production of plant proteases and new biotechnological applications: an updated review. ChemistryOpen 11:e202200017. DOI: 10.1002/open.202200017. Note: source of bromelain of commercial use

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3074. Accessed 26 March 2025.