Bromelia pinguin

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta liliopsida poales bromeliaceae bromelia Bromelia pinguin

1753

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Bromelia pinguin is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and northern South America. It is also reportedly naturalized in Florida. It is very common in Jamaica, where it is planted as a fence around pasture lands, on account of its prickly leaves. The plant can be stripped of its pulp, soaked in water, and beaten with a wooden mallet, and it yields a fiber whence thread is made. In Nicaragua and El Salvador it is used to make gruel....read more on Wikipedia.

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