Now the pineapple has begun to large-scale on the market, looking at the yellow pineapple have you ever wondered where the pineapple is grown? I believe that few people know, many people think that the pineapple is grown in the tree, in fact, the pineapple is a herbaceous plant, is grown on the ground.

Pineapple, Minnan language called Wang Li or Wang Lai, Minnan region called Wang Li or Wang Lai, Taiwan, known as the pineapple, the New Malaysia - belt known as the Yellow Pear, the mainland and Hong Kong called pineapple. Pineapple is a kind of tropical fruit native to the Amazon River Basin of Brazil and Paraguay in South America, and it was introduced to China from Brazil in the 16th century, and there are more than 70 varieties of pineapple, which is one of the four most famous fruits in Lingnan. Now it has spread to the whole tropical region.

Pineapple stems short, most of the leaves, rosette arrangement, sword-shaped, 40-90 centimeters long, 4-7 centimeters wide, apical acuminate, entire or sharply toothed, ventral green, dorsal pinkish-green, often maroon margins and tips, born at the top of the inflorescence of the leaves become smaller, often red. Inflorescences arise from leaf clusters, resembling pine balls, 6-8 centimeters long, enlarged when fruiting. Bracts green at base, light red in upper part, triangular-ovate. Sepals broadly ovate, fleshy, reddish at the tip, ca. 1 cm long. Petals long elliptic, pointed, ca. 2 cm, purple-red distally, white proximally. Polygamous fruit fleshy, more than 15 centimeters long. Flowering period summer to winter.

Pineapple is widely distributed between the Tropic of Cancer, is one of the world's important fruits, native to Central and South America, the 16th century into China, the 17th century has been planted. Now there are more than 80 countries and regions in the world as economic cultivation, the main producing areas are concentrated in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, South Africa and the United States and other countries. China is one of the ten major pineapple producing countries, mainly in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other hot provinces.

Where do pineapples grow?