Bromeliaceae
Ananas
Bromelia pinguin
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Bromelia
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Common names
By language (8)
- bpy
- গ্রাভাটা
- Chinese
- 企鹅红心凤梨
- English
- Ananas, Pinguin, Anana
- Haitian Creole
- Zannanna pengwen, Bayonèt pengwen
- mzn
- گراواتا
- Portuguese
- Caraguatá
- Russian
- Бромелия пингвин
- Spanish
- Maya, Chicuipo, Timbiriche, Tumbiriche
Synonyms
- Agallostachys fastuosa (Lindl.) Beer
- Agallostachys pinguin (L.) Beer
- Ananas pinguin (L.) Gaertn.
- Ananas pinguin Trew
- Bromelia fastuosa Lindl.
- Bromelia ignea Beer
- Bromelia peguin L.
- Bromelia sepiaria Schult. & Schult.f.
- Karatas penguin Mill.
- Karatas pinguin (L.) Mill.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
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Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krisztina Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reynaldo Ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Encarnacion, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.