Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. [Bromeliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Ananas comosus var. bracteatus (Lindl.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. erectifolius (L.B.Sm.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. microstachys (Mez) L.B.Sm.

Ananas comosus var. parguazensis (Camargo & L.B.Sm.) Coppens & F.Leal

Ananas comosus var. comosus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anaanaasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anaanus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anamnasam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananaas gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananaas hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
ananas gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananas poondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananassa	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ananasso	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ananasu-hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anannaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anannas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anannasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananus hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaras	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
anarasam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anasa-pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anasapoondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anashap-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anashippazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annanshippazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
annanās	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
annasi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
annasi pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annasippalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahunetra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bahunetraphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuin katahar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhuin kathar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bromelain	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bromelainum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bromelainum crudum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bō luó	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
crowa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekunkun	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
fèng lí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gal annasi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
geta annasi	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
green pine-apple	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huáng lí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaitaccakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapa-tsjakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappaccakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kauli katahar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kifubu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kikakasi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
koutukasanjnaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lathy	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
nanas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nanas hijau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nanasi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nenas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nenas hijau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ope oyinbo	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
paguraru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
parangi halasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paravati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pine apple	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pineapple	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
pineapple plant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pinya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
piña	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
piña blanca	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
poonthazham pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raw pineapple	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sa katahar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yeíawa	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
آناناس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
انّناس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
අන්නාසි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ගල් අන්නාසි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ᾱnānās	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
凤梨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地波羅	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菠萝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菠萝根叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菠萝皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黃梨	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
黄梨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
skin of edible portion, leaf		Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruits, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
fruits		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruit, bark, leaf, exocarp		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
stem	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, leaves, stem	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
fruit		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
proteins	proteins	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bromelia comosa L. Herb. Amb.: 21 (1754).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ananas comosa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ananas comosus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr	Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Ananas comosus (L.)Merrill	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Ananas comosus (Linn.) Merr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ananas comosus (Linn.) Merrill	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ananas comosus (Linnaeus) Merrill	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Ananas comosus (Linné) Merrill	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Ananas comosus Merr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ananas comosus Merrill	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Annanas comosus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Bromelia comosa L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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