The plant is indigenous to South America and is said to originate from the area between southern Brazil and Paraguay; however, little is known about the origin of the domesticated pineapple (Pickersgill, 1976).
这种植物原产于南美，据说起源于巴西南部和巴拉圭之间的地区；但是，人们对家种菠萝的起源知之甚少。（皮克斯格尔，1976）