About Lesson
Species and cultivars
a) Ananas comosus
b) A. monstrosus
c) A. bracteatus
d) A. fruitzmuelleri
e) A. ananassoides
f) A. nanus
g) A. lucidus
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Varieties
- Spanish group: Mauritius Red Spanish, Singapore Spanish, Green Selangor, Castilla, P.R.1-67.
- Queen Group: Queen, Mac gregor, Natal, Ripley and Alexandria.
- Cayenne group: Cayenne, Baron, Rothschild, Smooth Guatemalan, Kew, Giant Kew and Typhone.
- Abacaxi group: perola, Abakka, Sugar loaf, Papelon, Venezolana, Amarella.
- Maipure Group: Maipure, Bumuguesa, Rondon, Perolera, monte lirio.
- Indigenous cultivars: Jhaldheep (Sweet type) & Bakhat (Assam)-Sour Lakhat (Nagaland) and Baruipur local (West Bengal).