The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and fruit (berry), probably native to Brazil or Paraguay. The plant is a short (1-1.5 m) herbaceous perennial with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30-100 cm long, surrounding a thick stem. The leaves of the Smooth Cayenne cultivar mostly lack spines except at the leaf tip, but the Spanish and Queen cultivars have large spines along the leaf margins. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread cultivation. They are a tasty fruit be make sure to not eat the spiky parts!