Pineapple flower

Japanese: パイナップル･フラワー（英語表記）pineapple flower

Although it has the word "pineapple" in its name, it is not related to the pineapple, but is a bulbous plant of the lily family so named because of the similar appearance of its flowers. About 10 species grow wild in South Africa and tropical Africa, and the South African species are particularly beautiful and are cultivated for decorative purposes. Eucomis comosa E. comosa Houtt. ( E. punctata L'Her.) grows several oblong-lanceolate leaves about 50 cm long from a bulb 8-12 cm in diameter. The flowers are greenish-white with a pink tint, and grow in large groups at the top of a thick flower stalk that stands upright between the leaves, about 2.5 cm in diameter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

名まえにパイナップルとついているが関係はなく，花容が似ているのでこう呼ばれるユリ科の球根植物。南アフリカ，熱帯アフリカに約10種が自生し，とくに南アフリカのものが美しいので，観賞用に栽培される。エウコミス･コモサE.comosa Houtt.(＝E.punctata L’Her.)は，直径8～12cmの鱗茎(球根)から，長楕円状披針形で長さ50cmほどの葉を数枚開出する。花は緑白色で桃色をおび，葉間から直立した太い花茎の上部に多数総状に群がってつき，径2.5cmほど。

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