Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Latin Name: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.; Family Bromeliaceae.

Synonym Name: Ananas ananas (L.) H.Karst., 1895; Ananas comosus var. sativus (Schult.f.) Stehlé, 1976; Ananas comosus var. variegatus (Lowe); Ananas lucidus Mill., 1768; Ananas porteanus hort.Veitch ex C.Koch, 1871; Ananas sativus Schult. & Schult.f., 1830; Ananas sativus Schult.f.; Ananas striatifolius hort.; Ananassa sativa Lindl.; Bromelia ananas L., 1753;

Bromelia comosa L., 1754

English Name:  Pineapple

Description: Leaves sword-shaped, margin coarsely and laxly spinose serrate. Scape short. Inflorescence many flowered; floral bracts inconspicuous, margin serrulate or entire. Flowers numerous. Sepals free, slightly asymmetric, apex obtuse. Petals violet or reddish, free but connivent and tubelike. Stamens included. Syncarp globose, ovoid, or elongate, 15 cm or longer at maturity, becoming fleshy and fragrant. Seeds absent or very rare.

Part Used: Medical part: pericarp, roots and leaves. Chinese name: pericarp: Fenglipi. Roots and leaves: Fengligenye.

Harvest & Processing: Pericarp: from August to September collected pericarp when processing pineapple and sun-dried. Roots and leaves: harvested throughout the year, used fresh or sun-dried.

Chemistry: Fruits are rich in volatile oil, organic acids, saccharides, amino acids and vitamins...

Properties & Actions: Peel: harsh, sweet, neutral. Root leaves: harsh, sweet, neutral. Pericarp: detoxifying, arresting cough and dysentery. Root and leaf: benefiting to stomach and checking diarrhea.

Indications & Usage: Fruit peel: cough, dysentery. Root and leaves: summer diarrhea, dyspepsia, pain in the stomach due to distension. Pericarp: oral administration: decocting, 9-15g.Root and leaf: oral administration: decocting, 9-15g.

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