Species and cultivars

a) Ananas comosus

b) A. monstrosus

c) A. bracteatus

d) A. fruitzmuelleri

e) A. ananassoides

f) A. nanus

g) A. lucidus

 

Varieties

  1. Spanish group: Mauritius Red Spanish, Singapore Spanish, Green Selangor, Castilla, P.R.1-67.
  2. Queen Group: Queen, Mac gregor, Natal, Ripley and Alexandria.
  3. Cayenne group: Cayenne, Baron, Rothschild, Smooth Guatemalan, Kew, Giant Kew and Typhone.
  4. Abacaxi group: perola, Abakka, Sugar loaf, Papelon, Venezolana, Amarella.
  5. Maipure Group: Maipure, Bumuguesa, Rondon, Perolera, monte lirio.
  6. Indigenous cultivars: Jhaldheep (Sweet type) & Bakhat (Assam)-Sour Lakhat (Nagaland) and Baruipur local (West Bengal).
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