Pineapple
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The indigenous people were already cultivating pineapples when Europeans came to South America.
Columbus tasted pineapple on his second journy to America and brought the fruit to Europe in 1493. It was highly prized, and in the 18th century pineapples were grown in greenhouses in Europe, among others at Rosenborg Castle in Denmark.
Have you ever thought about why a pineapple has a nice pattern on the surface? That's because a pineapple is in fact not just one fruit, but a shoot with many small berries that have been fused while growing [that have been joined that is grown together][SE NOTE]. Each of the small fields is a berry.
Many people think the pineapple is a palm – but it’s not! The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial plant that typically grows to a height of 1 to 1.5 meters, and it belongs to a completely different family, the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae).
Fact box:
- Greenhouse location: Tropican house
- Danish name: Ananas
- Latin name: Ananas comosus
- Family: Ananasfamilien / Bromeliaceae
- Natural habitat: Brazil