Pineapples are a fruit like no other. Neither pine nor apple (it’s technically a berry), pineapple plants are low-lying herbaceous perennials that produce a cluster of flowers from a central stem. These flowers – numbering up to 200 individual blooms – fuse together to create the fruit, maturing into a tough rind of interlocking hexagons. Topped with a spiky crown, these tropical specimens are aromatic with a fibrous, yet juicy, inner yellow flesh that is both sweet and tart.
Stranger still, pineapples are carnivorous plants with the ability to ingest small insects. It accomplishes this with the help of bromelain – …read more
Source: Natural Living Ideas
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