Acanthostachys pitcairnioides
(Mez) Rauh & Barthlott
Field pineapple
BromeliaceaeFruit
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Sébastien SANT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sébastien SANT
(c) Sébastien SANT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sébastien SANT
wikimedia · cc-by-sa
Wikimedia Commons - Raffi Kojian
Wikimedia Commons - Raffi Kojian
wikimedia · cc-by-sa
Wikimedia Commons - Raffi Kojian
Wikimedia Commons - Raffi Kojian
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The white fleshy layer is squeezed from the fruit and eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Brazil, South America,
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.
How to Grow
It can be grown from seeds. It needs a well-drained soil. It can be grown from seedlings off the mother plant.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Acanthostachys pitcairnioides is a species in the genus Acanthostachys. It is found in north-eastern Brazil.
Names & Synonyms
Caraguata, Carapim-tingua
Aechmea pitcairnioides Mez.
References (1)
- www.colecionandofrutas.org
