Taiwan and the pineapple had their first rendezvous in the late Kang-hsi era of the Ching dynasty. Under the Japanese, seedlings were brought from Hawaii, the world's largest pineapple producer.
我國則是由葡萄牙人帶至澳門後再傳到廣東、福建，海南島各省。根據諸羅縣志記載，鳳梨與台灣本島結緣在清康熙末年，日據時代日人由全世界最大鳳梨生產地﹘﹘夏威夷大量引進種苗，在這片殖民地上廣種。