Botanical name: Bromelia serra    Family: Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Synonyms: Bromelia lindmanii, Karatas serra

Bayonet Bromeliad are plants growing up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are 1-1.5 m long, 3-5 cm wide, with a saw-toothed margin, with antrorse and retrorse, unciform spines. Apical ones are red at maturity. Flowering stem is short. Bracts are leaf-like, red. Inflorescence is a flower-head-like with flowers occuring in 5-9 flowered short fascicles. Sepals are free, 15 x 5 mm, white. Petals are white with a violet band towards the tip, fused at base. Anthers are yellow. Fruits is yellow when ripe, edible. Bayonet Bromeliad is native to South America, cultivated in parts of India.

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The flower labeled Bayonet Bromeliad is ...