| Dwarf Pineapple |
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| File size | 555005 |
| Original date | 4/25/15 10:23 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 3.43mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | SAMSUNG |
| Camera model | GT-I8552 |
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Botanical name: Ananas ananassoides Family: Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Synonyms: Ananas nanus, Ananas ananassoides var. nanus
Synonyms: Ananas nanus, Ananas ananassoides var. nanus
Dwarf Pineapple is a herbaceous plant with leaves
forming a rosette. Leaves are sword-shaped, long and stiff, edged with
sharp spines. The flower stalk emerges from the center of the plant,
erect and long. Flowers are clustered on top of the stalk with several
small leaves. Individual flowers are small and tubular, white with
purple tips. The fruit is a collective fruit, formed from the fusion of
individual fruits, pink in color, changing to pale yellow at maturity.
Dwarf Pineapple is native to a region of Latin America stretching from
Costa Rica to Paraguay, cultivated as a garden plant.
| Identification credit: R.K. Nimai | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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