Name of plant: Pineapple
Where is this plant found:
- Pineapples grow in warm, tropical places.
- Most pineapples are grown in pineapple plantations - ready to be sold to supermarkets.
What does this plant look like?
- The pineapple plant grows to about 90cm.
- Pineapple fruit grow from the centre of the plant. The fruit has tough, spiky skin.
- Underneath the pineapple skin, the fruit is bright yellow.
- The pineapple plant has sword-shaped leaves that grow around a thick stem.
- The pineapple plant has roots that grow underground and above ground.
- The pineapple fruit grows from a large, purple flower.
- See the pictures below of the different parts of the pineapple plant.
Interesting facts about a Pineapple Plant
- The spiky leaves that grow out from the pineapple fruit is called a crown.
- Pineapple fruit is very tasty!
- For Chinese, the pineapple is a symbol of money and good luck.
- The pineapple plant looks like a cactus.
- The place where farmers grow pineapple plants is called a plantation.
Images found on the Internet:Banner:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapple_Plant_(4720030622).jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameliatwu/3958453989/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomsawyer/27367136/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapple_flower_in_Thailand.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viclic/270420595/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple
http://www.floridahillnursery.com/pineapple-plants-c-11
http://photo.elsoar.com/pineapple-fruit-images.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapple_Plant_(4720030622).jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameliatwu/3958453989/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomsawyer/27367136/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapple_flower_in_Thailand.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viclic/270420595/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple
http://www.floridahillnursery.com/pineapple-plants-c-11
http://photo.elsoar.com/pineapple-fruit-images.html