Ceratonia siliqua L.

English: Algaroba, Locust bean

German: Johannisbrotbaum

Mandarin: 长角豆 (chang jiao dou)

Portuguese: Alfarrobeira, Figueira-do-Egipto

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Ceratonia (1)

            Epithet: siliqua L. (1)

siliqua => Latin for container or pod

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, yellow

Check for Ceratonia siliqua at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [420] Carob tree - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
• [495] Ceratonia siliqua - Plants For A Future database
• [1626] Ceratonia siliqua - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.