Pineapples

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Ananas
Species: A. comosus

Pineapple is a herbaceous, perennial plant of the bromeliadfamily with large, pointed leaves. It develops from tiny, lavenderflowers on a short stalk that grow from the center of the leaves.The flowers fuse with the bracts to become fleshy and to formthe pineapple. Bet you didn't know that pineapple's fibrous, chewycore is the original flower stalk! When you see the hexagonalsections of the pineapple rind, look at each section, a botanicallyindividual fruit, which merged to form the finished product.