A fruit with no name

This is the fruit of a plant in the genus Puya. Botanically it is distantly related to the pineapple, and with a little bit of imagination maybe you can see the resemblance.

I was introduced to this fruit by an acquaintance who told me it grows on his property in San Diego county. He was fairly certain of the genus but he didn't know what the fruit is called. I've done a bit of googling and haven't been able to figure out exactly what it is.

This fruit was almost as large as a basketball. You can break it or cut it into sections, each section containing a pithy but juicy flesh surrounding a large pit.

The flesh is edible. I ate it. It was vaguely pineapple-like, but not as acidic. The flavour was fairly bland, with hints of banana and bubble gum. It tasted similar to bland tropical fruits I've eaten. If I was hungry I would have eaten more. But the flavour was not memorable or enticing, and I'm not surprised that I've never heard of this fruit before.

Even so, after millenia of humans tasting and consuming probably everything edible under the sun you would think that somebody somewhere at sometime must have eaten and named this fruit. If you know what it is please leave a comment.