Pinya
Ananas comosus · Pineapple
The plant today
The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries. The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it a significant cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. The fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts. Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit.
Excerpt from “Pineapple” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sa Tagalog
Ang pinya (Ingles: pineapple, Kastila: piña) ay isang uri ng prutas na mayaman sa bitamina C. Ito ay karaniwang tumutubo sa mga bansang tropiko at kabilang sa pamilyang Bromeliaceae. Naitalang halos isang-katlong bahagi ng produskyon ng pinya noong 2016 ay nanggaling sa Pilipinas, Brazil, at Costa Rica. Karaniwang kinakain and prutas ng pinya at iniinom ang katas nito.
Sipi mula sa “Pinya” sa Tagalog Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recorded in the Philippines
GBIF holds 124 records of this plant from the Philippines. The ones with map coordinates fall in 32 provinces, most often Agusan del Sur (14), Zamboanga del Norte (14), Iloilo (4), Benguet (3), Davao del Sur (3), Laguna (3), Negros Occidental (3), Antique (3), and 24 more.
Counts from GBIF occurrence records, October 2026. They include planted trees and garden plants, and a province with no records may only lack collectors.
What the 1985 book uses it for
A record of home remedies from 1985, with the book's amounts and doses reworded. It is not medical advice.
- Worm infestationRipe fruit eaten with meals for a week, for pinworms.Two or three slices with every meal for a week.Page 45
Summarised from Herminia de Guzman-Ladion, Healing Wonders of Herbs (Manila: Philippine Publishing House, 1985), where this plant is shown as “Pinya” on page 121. The book is in copyright, so its wording and photographs are not reproduced. Amounts are the book's, restated.
Recent research
The most cited papers since 2022 that name this plant in the title, pulled from Europe PMC in October 2026. Titles are the authors' own and the findings have not been reviewed here.
- Review of the Aroma Chemistry of Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
- Uncovering the potential of biofabricated Ananas comosus peel selenium nanoparticles for antibacterial, antibiofilm, suppression of virulence genes (can and LuxS), anticancer, and antioxidant properties
- Inhibition of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes by a potential probiotic Levilactobacillus brevis RAMULAB49 isolated from fermented Ananas comosus