Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ceratonia siliqua L.
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Ceratonia
Catalan common name : Garrofer. Garrover.
Spanish common name : Algarrobo.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : South Mediterranean
Flowering time : July. August. September. October. November.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated and naturalizated.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal. Psycotrophic plant.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A tree which is very characteristic of the Mediterranean region; it is grown all around for its fruits which are carobs. It produces compound leaves in clumps (up to five) of dark green, ovate, coriaceous leaflets. It flowers at the beginning of autumn forming racemes of flowers on the old branches; the flowers without a corolla are not clearly visible. The trees can be masculine, feminine, or hermaphrodites. The tree, with a large, rounded crown is unmistakable, it can sometimes be found growing sub-spontaneously in garrigues (Mediterranean woodland), but without reaching very large dimensions.
Observations : El fruit és molt ric en sucres molt consumit per l´home en èpoques de fam per a fer imitacions de xocolata i cafè. Les llavors són els quilates emprades antigament per a pesar joies.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Mediterrani oriental.
Location on-campus UIB : Freqüent, plantat en alineacions a la part posterior de l'edifici Mateu Orfila, a l'aparcament del mateix, al voltant de l'edifici Anselm Turmeda, etc.
