Pineapple original name pineapple, native to Brazil, the South Pacific said pineapple. The source of its name in Taiwan FuZhi: "pineapple, leaf thin and broad, and edge of the thorns, fruit born in the leaf bush, the fruit skin like polonium and color yellow, taste sweet and slightly acidic, the apex with a cluster of green leaves, shaped like a pineapple tail, so the name. The Qing dynasty plant names and facts map examines the collection of the name Polo Ludu Zi, is the pineapple, Polo honey, Ludu fruit surface are protuberances, so the name is mixed. Bromeliad originated in South America, so far there are still wild species in Brazil, as a base to spread the West Indies, Central and South America, and to the world. About the sixteenth century into India, Malay, Africa and the Orient. China's earliest about 1605 years, by the Portuguese into Macao, and then from Macao in Guangdong, Hainan Island, and then from Hainan Island into Fujian to Taiwan. Cultivation of pineapple in Taiwan began in the last year of Kangxi (about 1694), more than 300 years ago. At present, pineapple has been widely distributed in the north and south between the Tropic of Cancer, become one of the world's important fruit trees. The main cultivation areas in China are Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Taiwan, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces (regions). Pineapple belongs to the bromeliad family bromeliad genus perennial herbaceous fruit plants, rapid nutrient growth, short production cycle, the average annual temperature of 23 degrees Celsius above the region can be grown all year round