Carob
Ceratonia siliqua · Fabaceae · 캐롭
Look
- Leaves
- Pinnate compound leaves 10 to 20 cm long; the terminal leaflet may or may not be present.
- Flowers
- In autumn, many small flowers grow in catkin-like racemes on spurs of older branches and trunks, pollinated by both wind and insects.
- Fruit
- Long, flat pods, straight or curved, with a thickened seam; inside the hard pod are edible pulp and seeds.
- Bark
- Rough-textured bark.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to southern Europe and North Africa.
- Ecology
- The male flowers give off a pungent smell that attracts bees, butterflies, flies and wasps.