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A perennial herb native to South America and a globally important tropical fruit crop. In Japan, it is cultivated in Okinawa and Kagoshima, as well as in greenhouses. The leaf margins are serrate, and a large multiple fruit (syncarp) develops from the center.
Identification Points
- βLeaves are rigid, sword-shaped, with spiny-serrate margins
- βProduces a multiple fruit (syncarp) formed from many fused flowers
- βA short leafy crown tops the fruit
Habitat
Cultivated (tropical and subtropical regions); commercially grown in Okinawa and Kagoshima
Season
Year-round (depending on cultivation conditions)
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Growth form
Herb
Leaf margin
Serrate
Leaf shape
Linear
Habitat
Cultivated
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Parallel
Petal count
6 petals
Stipules
Absent
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionγγ€γγγγ«η§ β
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Monocots > Commelinids > Poales > Bromeliaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene (ca. 65β50 million years ago)
Evolution Notes
Many Bromeliaceae have evolved tank-like leaf bases that store water, an adaptation to arid and epiphytic environments. CAM photosynthesis is also found in many species of the family.
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