Pineapple Pitcher

Pineapple Pitchers are a type of plant found in Thistleland and The Changed Lands. They are both a carnivorous people-eating plant, and a useful source of food.

Originally from The Changed Lands, Pineapple Pitchers entered the east of Thistleland a long time ago, and are not uncommon across the east half of the continent these days. Many villages supplement their diets with Pineapple from Pineapple Pitchers.

Pineapple Pitchers appear like extremely large pineapples that lay on the ground, often with the lower half underground. A Pineapple Pitchers pitcher can be upwards of fifteen feet tall, though at this size only the top five feet us usually above the ground. The top of the Pineapple Pitcher is open and the inside of the Pineapple Pitcher is hollow, much akin to a pitcher plant. The outside is touch Pineapple skin, difficult to cut through and inedible. The inside flesh however, is pure Pineapple meat and highly nutritious.

Pineapple Pitchers rely on prey attempting to reach inside the pitcher to cut some of the Pineapple material inside free to eat. The pitcher however is extremely juicy, and as a result very slippery. This juice collects at the bottom of the hollow centre, forming a pool that usually fills a third of the hollow space inside.

If an animal or person slips and falls into the pitcher, escape is extremely difficult without specialised equipment or someone else to assist.

The juices inside the Pineapple Pitcher are a combination of pineapple juice and pitcher plant liquid. While some think it is the pitcher plant juice that digests prey, it is in fact the pineapple juice that digests victims, containing similar enzymes that are used to break down food in the stomach. The pitcher plant juices instead have the same effect on prey as they do in normal pitcher plants; they contain a psychoactive compound that renders prey more docile and allows victims to enjoy their position over time.

Travellers are urged to take care and not be fooled by the sweet luring smell of pineapples when out.