ANANASA

1. Botanical name : Ananas comosus
2. Family : Bromeliaceae
3. Tamil : Annasi pazham
4. Hindi : Anannas
5. Malayalam : Kaitachchakka
6. English : Pineapple
7. Habit : A small plant that grows upto 1.5 m tall with short stocky stem and tough waxy leaves.
8. Distribution : Pineapples are indigenous to South America and the Caribbean, but were first domesticated in the Amazon basin of Brazil and Paraguay. Now cultivated worldwide.
9. Useful part : Fruit.
10. Rasa Panchaka
    • Rasa : Madhura, Amla
    • Guna : Guru, Snigdha
    • Veerya : Sita
    • Vipaka : Madhura
    • Karma : Vata pitta samaka, Arthava janana, Mutrala
11. Indications : Asmari, Kashtartava, Krimi, Shopha.