No, it's a perennial evergreen herb.

perennial evergreen herb with short stems and sucking buds at the base. The plant has a rosette-like appearance. The sword-like leaves are thick leathery and closely arranged, some are entire, some have coarse serrations, and the whole plant height is about 6~1 cm, and some are as high as 15 cm.

The flowers are terminal, and the racemes gather to form a cone-shaped pine tree, which looks like a small pineapple. The florets are purple and bloom in sequence, and each inflorescence has about a hundred florets. The fruit is a compound fruit, which is cylindrical and conical. It is dark green before it is ripe, and then turns yellow or red after it is ripe. Each fruit on the fruit is a small fruit.

The pulp is mostly yellow or golden yellow, but some kinds are milky white, which usually has a strong aroma. There are crown buds at the top of the fruit, and small leaves with dense clusters will grow, which has become a unique feature of pineapple fruit. After the first fruit grows, sucking buds will grow from the leaf axis of the main stem, which may be removed to make the fruit bigger, or kept for new fruit.

In the first year of plant growth, the stem will become longer and thicker, and many sword-shaped leaves are arranged around the main stem in a spiral shape, and the presence or absence of thorns on the edge is an important feature that distinguishes the varieties. At the 12th-2th month, an inflorescence with a length of about 15cm grows from the stem, which is terminal, oval-shaped like a pine cone, and purplish red flowers are sessile.

the fruit is a compound fruit with a cylindrical cone shape. The pulp is yellow or white, with a core with many fibers in the middle. Wild pineapples are pollinated by hummingbirds and bats.

eating

peeling first, then removing the "nails", then soaking in hot water or light salt water after slicing, and eating in the refrigerator after freezing will be more sweet and delicious. However, people with indigestion in the stomach should avoid eating on an empty stomach. In the coastal area of Chaoshan, Guangdong, soy sauce can also be used instead of salt water, which has a good flavor. Soak in hot water or salt water for 1 minutes to remove bromelain, so that it is not easy to cause allergic reactions.

In addition to being peeled and eaten raw, pineapple is cooked with meat, which can make the meat soft and tender.