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Subject: What are the black specks embedded in the pulp of some pineapple?

Date: Fri Dec 2 02:09:19 2005
Posted by Nancy
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Area of science: Botany
ID: 1133514559.Bt
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A couple of times I have purchased pineapple that has hundreds of small black 
seed-like items in the pulp, located from near the skin to a centimeter or 
more inside from the skin.  With time they get larger.  From what I've read on 
your site, they are probably not seeds, as seeds are few and located near the 
flower.  Please tell me they are not insects, as we have been eating them.  
They are brownish black, about the size of a half of a grain or rice, in the 
shape of a slightly curved teardrop. Thank you.


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