Fabaceae
Ceratonia

Ceratonia siliqua L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Iran. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202951/112823254

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

17.50% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Earle & Jones, 1962)

[SID]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean-Sahara regional transition zone; forest, Mediterranean-Sahara regional transition zone - shrubland., Mediterranean shrublands., Mediterranean forests.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Algaroba, Carob, Carob Tree, Caroubier, Locust Bean, Locust Tree, Rozhkovoe Derevo, St. John's Bread, St.John's Bread, Tzaregradskie Rozhki, Tzeratoniya Struchkovaya
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
It is an evergreen tree.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 2–8 pairs, coriaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Small greenish ♂ ♀ or hermaphrodite flowers with no petals and 5 exserted stamens (in the ♂ and hermaphrodite) in usually short racemes which are axillary terminal or clustered on the older wood.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Thick coriaceous pulpy indehiscent pods 12–30 cm. long and 2 cm. thick.
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Wood
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Carob, Locust Bean

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

  • Seed Information Database

    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0