Ananas lucidus Mill.

Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a man made cultivar (in the wild) by Amerindian selection —See Butcher & Gouda 2014a p. 16

Literature references:

Misc.: Dillenius: Planta succulenta in Horto Elthamensis descriptae 25 pl.21,22 1774 Moonen 2018a: 41 Smith & Downs 1979: 2056

Comments:

• Local names. Curagua (Venezuela); pitte (French Guiana); curua (Brazil, Para).
  introduced in the West Indies in precolumbian times by the Indians for its fiber. —See Smith & Downs 1979