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Nutritional benefits of pineapples

Nutritional benefits of eating pineapples (Photo: iStock)

Pineapple, also known as Ananas comosus scientifically and nanasi in Kiswahili is a delicious juicy tropical fruit.

Originally, pineapples were grown in South America and were given the name by early British colonisers because it resembles pine cone.

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