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Bromeliaceae

Pineapple

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Family
Bromeliaceae
Genus
Ananas

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Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
FlowerPhoto: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (158)
ab
Ананас
Afrikaans
Pynappel
Akan
Abrob3
Albanian
Ananasi
Amharic
ኣናናስ
ami
Talacay
ang
Pīnæppel
Arabic
أناناس, لأناناس الوبري
Armenian
Փշավոր Արքայախնձոր
arz
اناناس
Asturian
Ananás
atj
Cikokamin
Aymara
Achupalla
azb
اصل آناناس
Azerbaijani
Əsl ananas
ba
Ананас
ban
Manas
Bangla
আনারস
bar
Ananas
Basque
Anana
bbc
Honas
Belarusian
Ананас ядомы
bik
Pinya
bjn
Kanas
bo
ཐང་འབྲས།
Bulgarian
Обикновен ананас, Ананас
Burmese
နာနတ်သီး
Cantonese
菠蘿
Catalan
Ananàs, Pinya americana, Pinya d'Amèrica, Pinya tropical
cdo
Uòng-lì
Central Kurdish
ئەنەناس
Cherokee
ᏁᏴᏑᏓᏝᏕ
Chinese
菠萝, 菠蘿, 鳳梨, 黄梨, 光亮凤梨, 凤梨, 菠萝根叶, 菠萝皮
chy
Šéstotó'emeno
cv
Ананас
Czech
Ananasovník chocholatý, Anansovník chocholatý
dag
Alafiɛ
Danish
Almindelig ananas
Divehi
އަލަނާސި
dsb
Ananas
dtp
Tintingabai
Dutch
Ananas
English
Pineapple, Anana, Ananas
Esperanto
Ananaso
Estonian
Ananass, Harilik ananass
Ewe
Abable
ff
Onima
Filipino
Pinya
Finnish
Ananas, Hedelmäananas
fj
Painapiu, Vainaviu
frr
Ananas
Galician
Ananás
glk
آناناس
gor
Nanati
Greek
Ανανάς, Ανανάς ο εύκομος
gsw
Ananas
Guarani
Anana
Gujarati
અનાનસ
gv
Annane
Haitian Creole
Zannanna
hak
Vòng-lî
Hausa
Abarba
Hebrew
אננס
Hindi
अनानास
hsb
Ananas
Hungarian
Termesztett ananász, Ananász
iba
Nanas
Icelandic
Ananas
Indonesian
Nanas
Interlingua
Ananas
io
Ananaso
Irish
Anann
Japanese
パイナップル
Javanese
Nanas
Kannada
ಅನಾನಸ್, ಪರಂಗಿ ಹಣ್ಣು
kbp
Adɔtɔ
kg
Nanasi
kge
Nanas
Korean
파인애플
Kyrgyz
Анaнас
lah
انناس
Lao
ໝາກນັດ
Latvian
Ananass, Ananāss, Cekulainais ananass, Kultūras ananass
Lingala
Ananási
Lithuanian
Valgomasis ananasas
Luxembourgish
Ananas
Macedonian
Ананас
mad
Lanas
Malagasy
Anana, Fandra, Mananasy, Satra
Malay
Nanas, Nenas
Malayalam
കൈതച്ചക്ക
Manipuri
ꯀꯤꯍꯣꯝ
map
Nanas
Marathi
अननस
min
Naneh
Mongolian
Хан боргоцой
mos
Anana
mwl
Abacaxi
nah
Matzahtli
nan
Ông-lâi
Nepali
भुइँ कटहर
nia
Göna
Northern Sotho
Phaeneapolep
Norwegian Bokmål
Vanlig ananas, Ananas
Norwegian Nynorsk
Ananas
nv
Hosh łikaníh
Occitan
Ananàs
os
Ананас
pam
Pinya
Persian
آناناس
Portuguese
Abacaxizeiro, Ananás, Abacaxi, Abacaxi-branco, Aberas, Ananaseiro, Ananá, Nanaseiro
Punjabi
ਅਨਾਨਾਸ
Quechua
Chirimaway
Romanian
Ananas
Russian
Ананас крупнохохолковый, Ананас, Ананас настоящий, Ананас хохлатый
Samoan
Pineapu
Sanskrit
अनानसफलरसः
Scottish Gaelic
Anann
Serbian (Latin)
Ananas
sg
Zanäna
sgs
Ananasos
shn
မၢၵ်ႇၵဵင်
Shona
Chinanazi
Sinhala
අන්නාසි
Slovak
Ananás pestovaný
Slovenian
Čopasti ananas, Ananas
Somali
Cananis
Spanish
Piña, Anana, Ananá
Sundanese
Ganas
Swahili
Nanasi
Swedish
Ananas
szy
Padingan
Tajik
Ананас
Tamil
அன்னாசி
Tatar
Ананас
tcy
ಪರೆಂಗಿ ಪೆಲಕ್ಕಾಯಿ, ಅನಾನಸ್
tdd
ᥛᥣᥐᥱ ᥞᥣᥒᥴ ᥘᥣᥖ
Telugu
అననాస్ కొమొసుస్, అనాసపండు మొక్క
Thai
สับปะรด
Tongan
Fainā
Tsonga
Xihenge
tum
Chinanazi
Turkish
Ananas
Turkmen
Ananas
ty
Painapo
Ukrainian
Ананас
Urdu
انناس
Uzbek
Ananas
ve
Tshienge
vec
Ànanas
Vietnamese
Dứa, Gai, Huyền nương, Khóm, Khớm, Thơm
war
Pinya
Welsh
Pîn-afal
wuu
菠萝
Yiddish
אנאנאס
Yoruba
Pineapple
Zulu
INhlabanjano
zza
Ananas

Synonyms

  • Ananas acostae C.Commelijn
  • Ananas bracteatus Baker
  • Ananas coccineus Descourt.
  • Ananas sativa Lindl.
  • Ananas sativus var. variegatus Lowe
  • Ananassa sativa Lindl.
  • Bromelia comosa L.
  • Bromelia rubra hort. ex Schult.f.

Flowers

In flower
February to May, July to December (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.