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Pineapple

The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial plant that grows 1 to 1.5 meters tall with tough waxy leaves and sharp spines along the margins. It produces up to 200 flowers that join together to form a multiple fruit. After fruiting, side shoots called suckers are produced in the leaf axils that can be removed for propagation or left to produce more fruit. The stem grows into a spike with over 100 spirally arranged flowers, each beneath a bract, that develop into berries which fuse together to form a large, compact, multiple fruit arranged in an interlocking helix of Fibonacci numbers.

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Pineapple

The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial plant that grows 1 to 1.5 meters tall with tough waxy leaves and sharp spines along the margins. It produces up to 200 flowers that join together to form a multiple fruit. After fruiting, side shoots called suckers are produced in the leaf axils that can be removed for propagation or left to produce more fruit. The stem grows into a spike with over 100 spirally arranged flowers, each beneath a bract, that develop into berries which fuse together to form a large, compact, multiple fruit arranged in an interlocking helix of Fibonacci numbers.

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The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial, which grows to 1.0 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.

9 ft) tall, although sometimes it


can be taller. In appearance, the plant has a short, stocky stem with tough, waxy leaves. When creating its fruit,
it usually produces up to 200 flowers, although some large-fruited cultivars can exceed this. Once it flowers, the
individual fruits of the flowers join together to create a multiple fruit. After the first fruit is produced, side shoots
(called 'suckers' by commercial growers) are produced in the leaf axils of the main stem. These may be
removed for propagation, or left to produce additional fruits on the original plant.[5] Commercially, suckers that
appear around the base are cultivated. It has 30 or more long, narrow, fleshy, trough-shaped leaves with sharp
spines along the margins that are 30 to 100 cm (1.0 to 3.3 ft) long, surrounding a thick stem. In the first year of
growth, the axis lengthens and thickens, bearing numerous leaves in close spirals. After 12 to 20 months, the
stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to 15 cm (6 in) long with over 100 spirally arranged, trimerous
flowers, each subtended by a bract.
The ovaries develop into berries, which coalesce into a large, compact, multiple fruit. The fruit of a pineapple is
arranged in two interlocking helices, eight in one direction, 13 in the other, each being a Fibonacci number.[12]
The pineapple carries out CAM photosynthesis,[13] fixing carbon dioxide at night and storing it as the
acid malate, then releasing it during the day aiding photosynthesis.

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