Carob Tree, St. John's Bread (Ceratonia siliqua)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  Robust evergreen, salt-tolerant tree whose fruit is used to make cocoa or coffee substitute. The pulp - carob - is dried and ground. It resembles cocoa.

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  Blätter

  Dark green, evergreen, 10 to 20 cm long elliptic or obovate leaves. Even pinnate with 2-5 pairs of leaflets.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Dark green, evergreen, 10 to 20 cm long elliptic or obovate leaves. Even pinnate with 2-5 pairs of leaflets.

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  Blatt Unterseite

  Dark green, evergreen, 10 to 20 cm long elliptic or obovate leaves. Even pinnate with 2-5 pairs of leaflets.

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  Blüten

  Flowering period: VII to XI. Pale yellow, fairly inconspicuous flower clusters, 10 to 15 cm long with a pungent smell.

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  Früchte

  Initially green, later brown-violet pods, 10 to 20 cm long. The pods are edible or used to feed animals.

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  Rinde

  Young bark is shiny dark red, later brown. The rough outer bark is segmented and pale grey.

Anwendung

Open country, open fields, tip afforestation, slope stabilization, soil stabilization, public areas, parks, urban areas, roadside verges, car parks, pedestrian precincts, container plants, private gardens, kitchen gardens, front gardens, verandas, crop plant

Heimatgebiete

Mediterranean regions

Standortparameter

Light: full sun to sunny; soil: dry to very fresh; soil structure: heavy to loose; soil depth: shallow to very deep; humus concentration: low to high, pH value: moderately acid to alkaline; nutrient concentration: low to high; soil: dry to very fresh.

Ansprüche

Does not tolerate stagnant moisture.

Frosthärte

down to -5 C°

unknown

Height of growth: 4 to 10 m. Spread: 5 to 10 m. Tree or shrub with normal growth potential and dense, spherical crown.

Blätter

Dark green, evergreen, 10 to 20 cm long elliptic or obovate leaves. Even pinnate with 2-5 pairs of leaflets.

Blüten

Flowering period: VII to XI. Pale yellow, fairly inconspicuous flower clusters, 10 to 15 cm long with a pungent smell.

Früchte

Initially green, later brown-violet pods, 10 to 20 cm long. The pods are edible or used to feed animals.

Rinde

Young bark is shiny dark red, later brown. The rough outer bark is segmented and pale grey.

Wurzel

Aggressive roots.