Ceratonia siliqua (carob)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Ceratonia siliqua Linnaeus
- Preferred Common Name
- carob
- International Common Names
- Englishcarob treelocust beanlocust treeSt. John's bread
- SpanishalgarroberaalgarroboEuropean algarrobogarrofero
- Frenchcaroubecaroubiercaroubier commun
- Arabical-kharoubah
- Portuguesealfarrobeira
- Local Common Names
- Argentinaalgarrobo
- Brazilfigueira-de-pythagorasfigueira-do-egito
- GermanyJohannis BrotbaumJohannisbrotbaumJohannisbrotbraumKaroben Baum
- Indiakharnub
- Italycarrubo
- Turkeykeciboynuzu agaci
- EPPO code
- CEQSI (Ceratonia siliqua)
- Trade name
- algarrobin
- Trade name
- carob tree
- Trade name
- chocar
- Trade name
- locust bean
Pictures
Male flowers
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Male flowers. Nerja, Andalusia Spain. September 2015.
©Lies Van Rompaey/via inaturalist - CC BY 4.0
Female flowers
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Female flowers. Alicante, Spain. October 2016.
©Nick Goldwater/via inaturalist - CC BY 4.0
Immature beans
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Ripening beans. Kayacı, Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey. July 2014.
©Zeynel Cebeci/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Immature beans
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Ripening beans. Kayacı, Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey. July 2014.
©Zeynel Cebeci/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Mature beanpods
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Mature beanpods. Pla de Sant Jordi, Mallorca. December 2002.
©Chixoy/via WIkimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Opened beanpod with seeds
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Opened beanpod with seeds. Malaga, Spain. November 2014.
©Daniel Capilla/via inaturalist - CC BY-SA 4.0
Foliage
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Foliage. Athens, Greece. April 2018.
©Emőke Dénes/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Branch with flowers
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Branch and flowers.
©K.M. Siddiqui
Leaves
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Leaves.
©Paolo Pallicca
Habit
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Habit. Shivta archaeological site, southern Israel. April 2014.
Public Domain - Released by Mark A. Wilson/via Wikimedia Commons - CC0 1.0
Tree habit
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Small, bushy example.
©K.M. Siddiqui
Tree habit
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Habit.
©Paolo Pallicca
Seedling
Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean); Entire seedling.
©K.M. Siddiqui
Distribution
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Published online: 24 February 2022
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