Ceratonia L.
Genus composed of 2 species with only a single species represented in the territory, C. siliqua, of Mediterranean distribution, while C. oreothauma Hillc. is restricted to the Arabian Peninsula (Oman and southern Yemen) and eastern Africa, in Somalia. In the latter region some authors recognise a different subspecies: subsp. somaliensis
Hillc.
Gharnit, N., El Mtili, N., Ennabili, A. & Sayah, F. 2004. Floral characterization of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) from the province of Chefchaouen (NO of Morocco). Moroccan J. Biol. 1: 41-51.
Konaté, I., Filali-Maltouf, A. & Berraho, E.B. 2007. Diversity analysis of Moroccan Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.). Accesions using phenotypic traits and RAPD markers. Acta Botánica Malacitana 32: 79-90.
Ortiz, P.L., Arista, M. & Talavera, S. 1996. Producción de néctar y frecuencia de polinizadores en Ceratonia siliqua L. (Caesalpiniaceae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 54: 540-546.
Updated by: J.A. Devesa.