Where did the pineapple plant originally come from?
Correct answer: South America
FaithfulReader
I went to Hawaii expecting to see them on trees...like bananas. Big surprise that they were on short "bushes"!
LewysBiggs
HighQueenOfEire, Australasia is the continent containing Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tuvalu etc. Otherwise known as Oceania.
PointedSkipper83702
Player #810579, I like pineapples ! bromeline is good for arthritis!
Player #Aries
As a native Brazilian I must say our best type of pineapple is the one we name it "perola " the Portuguese for pearl. yammy
Player #24358827
I was on Oahu back when pineapple processing was a big employer. You could drive thru Honolulu with the pineapple plant in one direction and the sugar plant in another. Always smelled like you were on a pineapple upside down cake.
Linda
what is australiasia?
Candy671
Wow! First answer I’ve seen that has GUAM in it, cause I’m from GUAM
Dianna Bella74
HighQueenOfEire, It's Australia and surrounding areas. I live in Aussie. Pineapples grow here up in the tropical part of Queensland Australia. Starts around the Sunshine coast region of Queensland.
Player #9947785
I love pineapple, 🍍🍍
truetesst
I purchased a dying plant without a label for 75 cents from Lowe's and when nursed back to health it sprouted a pineapple!
Smart Kitten
Great information!👍
Mark
LewysBiggs, Australasia isn’t a continent! It’s an area. Australia’s the continent!
Ken
love pineapple and bromiliads in general. Eat tons of fruit.
Shalindria
MIB42, it is called Ananas, or something similar, by various cultures because it comes from the Tupi word "nanas," meaning "excellent fruit,"
DJ Valente
pinneaple's were such a hit when they were discovered by the Europeans that the Indians noticed it and started leaving lots of pineapples on the beach so when the white man arrived they would collect all the pineapples and give the Indians time to organize . The Europeans also liked to place them at their houses entrance for guests to see , that's why many bars still put pineapples at display as its a known welcome symbol.
Debi-de-do-dah
Read somewhere that a pineapple takes two years to grow!
RW
Love it on pizza
Mujahid Mohideen R
Australasia??what is this??
Rana Ali Raza
ananaas in every language except of english
Amanda LaVerne Parks
I did not know that I always thought it was a Hawaiian fruit
Koma
It is an edible flower and not a fruit at all!
Tegs
They contain bromelain - a healthy component
ApatheticFloW
<3 Pineapples
Player #24358827
Candy671, was thinking the same. I spent a lot of years on Guam when I was in the Navy (lived in Dededo.) I still get irritated when mainlanders forget that Guamanians are US vitizens.
Player #30523809
LewysBiggs, thank you for the info re Australasia. I'd never heard the term
Player #29334502
Player #22432981, bananas do actually grow on trees..
Player #19580909
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Player #25731850
LewysBiggs, Australia is a continent. Australasia is a term, a description of an area.
Yamyam/Larry Saracho
yess...pineapple is good for the heart based on the study of many doctors and scientist..
Player Quitos
I guess because of its "Versailles like" exterior, Louis XIV called it the fruit of kings.
shivam
India today is 7th largest exporter and pineapple cutting is nothing short of a street arty🤓
Player Myco Orion
red pineapple is best. IMO
Player kawasaki_beet
wow. I thought they were indigenous to Hawaii. Amazing.
HannibaltheCannibal
pineapples are berries....
Player #8161167
Player Elf Counsel, QUEENSLANDER!
Player #3127947
FaithfulReader, my father worked in the pineapple fields of Hawaii testing organically made fertilizer. beautiful fields
Gaynor Portsmouth
Had pineapple in Costa Rica, will never taste anything like that again. I5 was the best thing ever.