Ceratonia siliqua L.

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Photo: David Hartung
Ewanrigg

Photo: Mark Hyde
Ewanrigg Botanic Garden

Synonyms:
Common names:	Carob (English)
Description:	Evergreen, dioecious tree. Leaves paripinnate; leaflets in 2-8 pairs, elliptic. Flowers borne in racemes; male flowers with stamens borne on a broad disk; female flowers with an enlarged sessile stigma. Pods dark-brown, 10-30 cm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	siliqua: referring to the elongated pod.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native to the eastern Mediterranean region
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Tuesday 25 October 2011
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 585. Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Page 4.

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