Ananas bracteatus spiny leaves are characterized by "broad, cream and green, longitudinal stripes that are suffused with pink when grown in good light." When it flowers it blossoms typical pineapple fruit; it is similar to "Ananas comosus" but far more prolific. Ananas bracteatus Ananas bracteatus (common name, red pineapple) is a species of plant. It is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador). "Ananas bracteatus" is grown as an ornamental plant for its decorative red fruit. The leaves are long with sharp spines, so it can be used as a protective hedge for home security. In colder places they can
Boletellus ananas named by Moses Ashley Curtis as "Boletus ananas" in 1848, based on specimens he found near the Santee River, in South Carolina. In 1909, William Murrill described the new genus "Boletellus" and made "Boletellus ananas" the type species. According to Murrill, the taxon "Boletus isabellinus", described by Charles Horton Peck in 1897 from specimens collected in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is a synonym of "B. ananas"; Peck described this species from undeveloped specimens. Wally Snell later doubted Murrill's conclusion in a 1933 publication; he considered the differences in the spore structure too great to consider the species conspecific with "B. ananas",